The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself. — Mark Twain Being alone Copy Share Image
The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. — Mark Twain Comedy Copy Share Image
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. — Mark Twain Age Copy Share Image
Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerve give to wisdom. — Mark Twain Giving Copy Share Image
It is my belief that nearly any invented quotation, played with confidence, stands a good chance to deceive. — Mark Twain Belief Copy Share Image
Men are more compassionate/(nobler)/magnanimous/generous than God; for men forgive their dead, but God does not. — Mark Twain Compassion Copy Share Image
The less a man knows the bigger the noise he makes and the higher the salary he commands. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Education that consists in learning things and not the meaning of them is feeding upon the husks and not the corn — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Why, you simple creatures, the weakest of all weak things is a virtue which has not been tested in the fire.” — Mark Twain Fire Copy Share Image
Don't you know that the very thing a man dreads is the thing that always happens? — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
An American has not seen the United States until he has seen Mardi-Gras in New Orleans. — Mark Twain Mardi gras Copy Share Image
Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from making bad decisions. — Mark Twain Bad decision Copy Share Image
“I never felt so fervently thankful, so soothed, so tranquil, so filled with a blessed peace, as I did yesterday when I… — Mark Twain Blessed Copy Share Image
To get the full value of joy You must have someone to divide it with. After all these years I see that… — Mark Twain Adam and eve Copy Share Image
Now he found out a new thing--namely, that to promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world… — Mark Twain Body Copy Share Image
Each season brings a world of enjoyment and interest in the watching of its unfolding, its gradual harmonious development, its culminating graces-and… — Mark Twain Change Copy Share Image
I would not rob you of your food or your clothes or your umbrella, but if I caught your German out I… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There are no accidents, all things have a deep and calculated purpose; sometimes the methods employed by Providence seem strange and incongruous,… — Mark Twain Accidents Copy Share Image
“Now, we'll start this band of robbers and call it Tom Sawyer's Gang. Everybody that wants to join has got to take… — Mark Twain Robbers Copy Share Image
I have damaged my intellect trying to imagine why a man should want to invent a repeating clock, and how another man… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A myriad of men are born; they labor and sweat and struggle; ...they squabble and scold and fight; they scramble for little… — Mark Twain Advantage Copy Share Image
I bring you this stately matron named Christendom, returning bedraggled, besmirched, and dishonored from pirate raids in Kiao-Chow, Manchuria, South Africa, and… — Mark Twain Christendom Copy Share Image
All publishers are Columbuses. The successful author is their America. The reflection that they-like Columbus-didn't discover what they expected to discover, and… — Mark Twain America Copy Share Image
“The captive had broken off the stalagmite, and upon the stump had placed a stone, wherein he had scooped a shallow hollow… — Mark Twain British empire Copy Share Image
The humorist who invented trial by jury played a colossal practical joke upon the world, but since we have the system we… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
As to the human race. There are many pretty and winning things about the human race. It is perhaps the poorest of… — Mark Twain Appreciation Copy Share Image
“this is the only ship going east this time of the year, but there's a thousand coming west—what's a fair wind for… — Mark Twain Time Copy Share Image
One must keep one's character. Earn a character first if you can, and if you can't, then assume one. From the code… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane. — Mark Twain Adversaries Copy Share Image
Every man is wholly honest to himself and to God, but not to any one else. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
