This is the only sane clerical the earthquake has exposed to view yet. — Mark Twain Atheism Copy Share Image
Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest. — Mark Twain Gratify Copy Share Image
By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man's, I mean. — Mark Twain Adversity Copy Share Image
“I am prepared to meet anyone, but whether anyone is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter” — Mark Twain Ordeal Copy Share Image
Genius, like gold and precious stones, is chiefly prized because of its rarity. — Mark Twain Genius Copy Share Image
I like a thin book because it will Steady a Table, a leather volume because it will Strop a Razor, and a… — Mark Twain Book Copy Share Image
I never smoke to excess - that is, I smoke in moderation, only one cigar at a time. — Mark Twain Cigar Copy Share Image
A lie can make it half way around the world before the truth has time to put its boots on. — Mark Twain Around the world Copy Share Image
Who are we to create a heaven and hell for ourselves, excluding animals and plants in the bargain, just because we have… — Mark Twain Animal Copy Share Image
“He is in heaven now, and happy; or if not there, he bides in hell and is content; for in that place… — Mark Twain Bishop Copy Share Image
To place man properly at the present time, he stands somewhere between the angels and the French. — Mark Twain Angel Copy Share Image
The holy passion of friendship is so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring in nature that it will last through a… — Mark Twain Friend Copy Share Image
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform. "It ain't what you don't know that… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Annihilation has no terrors for me, because I have already tried it before I was born --a hundred million years --and I… — Mark Twain Annihilation Copy Share Image
I am the entire human race compacted together. I have found that there is no ingredient of the race which I do… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
No one can tell me what is a good cigar - for me. I am the only judge. People who claim to… — Mark Twain Cigar Copy Share Image
I was born lazy. I am no lazier now than I was forty years ago, but that is because I reached the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Jesus died to save men - a small thing for an immortal to do - and didn't save many, anyway. But if… — Mark Twain Christ Copy Share Image
There are those who scoff at the schoolboy, calling him frivolous and shallow: Yet it was the schoolboy who said 'Faith is… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It is believed by everyone that when he was in heaven he was stern, hard, resentful, jealous and cruel, but that when… — Mark Twain Bible Copy Share Image
“Tom felt that it was time to wake up; this sort of life might be romantic enough, in his blighted condition, but… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If Christians should vote their duty to God at the polls, they would carry every election, and do it with ease. They… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
To be human is to have one's little modicum of romance secreted away in one's composition. One never ceases to make a… — Mark Twain Admiration Copy Share Image
“What would the new teacher, representing France, teach us? Railroading? No. France knows nothing valuable about railroading. Steamshipping? No. France has no… — Mark Twain Education Copy Share Image
You perceive, now, that these things are all impossible except in a dream. You perceive that they are pure and puerile insanities,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I went to the circus, and loafed around the back side till the watchman went by, and then dived in under the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A distinguished man should be as particular about his last words as he is about his last breath. He should write them… — Mark Twain Breaths Copy Share Image
Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense. — Mark Twain Champion Copy Share Image
There are too many stars in some places and not enough in others. — Mark Twain Astronomy Copy Share Image
“People who do not read have no advantage over those who can not read.” — Mark Twain Books Copy Share Image
