“If I were to construct a God I would furnish Him with some way and qualities and characteristics which the Present lacks.” — Mark Twain Agnostic Copy Share Image
Weather is a literary specialty, and no untrained hand can turn out a good article on it — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Kentucky, because everything there happens 20 years after it happens… — Mark Twain Apocalypse Copy Share Image
“They swore in the jury, and then the lawyer for the prostitution got up and begun.” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I have been on the verge of being an angel all my life, but it's never happened yet. — Mark Twain Angel 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
If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape? No, it is better to be generous, and in… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Descoperise fără să ştie că pentru a face pe om să dorească un lucru, fie că-i bărbat în toată firea, fie că-i… — Mark Twain Amor Copy Share Image
...the circumstances and the atmosphere always have so much to do in directing a conversation, especially a German conversation, which is only… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and today -- all without seeing him. It is a long time to be alone; still, it is better… — Mark Twain Animals Copy Share Image
How superbly brave is the Englishman in the presence of the awfulest forms of danger and death; and how abject in the… — Mark Twain Brave Copy Share Image
In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who… — Mark Twain Faith Copy Share Image
All gentle cant and philosophizing to the contrary notwithstanding, no people in this world ever did achieve their freedom by goody-goody talk… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The fear of lightning is one of the most distressing infirmities a human being can be afflicted with. It is mostly confined… — Mark Twain 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
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
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
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
I repeat, sir, that in whatever position you place a woman she is an ornament to society and a treasure to the… — Mark Twain Almighty Copy Share Image
“Hang the boy, can't I never learn anything? Ain't he played tricks on me enough like that for me to be looking… — Mark Twain Children Copy Share Image
“Take an instance: the removal of the motto [In God We Trust] fetched out a clamor from the pulpit; little groups and… — Mark Twain Christian community Copy Share Image
“There are two kinds of patriotism -- monarchical patriotism and republican patriotism. In the one case the government and the king may… — Mark Twain Patriotism Copy Share Image
![“Take an instance: the removal of the motto [In God We Trust] fetched out a clamor from the pulpit; little groups and small conventions of clergymen gathered themselves together all over the country, and one of these little groups, consisting of twenty-two ministers, put up a prodigious assertion…” quote by Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/500/mark-twain-22_christian-community_take-an-instance-the-removal-of-the-mott_486242.png)
