“diplomacy is simply the name we have agreed to give to lying about national affairs. I” — Mark Twain Diplomacy Copy Share Image
“so then I didn't care no more about him, because I don't take no stock in dead people.” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I admire the serene assurance of those who have religious faith. It is wonderful to observe the calm confidence of a Christian… — Mark Twain 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
No one is sane, straight along, year in and year out, and we all know it. Our insanities are of varying sorts,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There are some natures which never grow large enough to speak out and say a bad act is a bad act, until… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The highest perfection of politeness is only a beautiful edifice, built, from the base to the dome, of graceful and gilded forms… — Mark Twain Beauty Copy Share Image
The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter - 'tis the difference between the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The easy part of being an artist is figuring out the message that everyone else is ready to hear. The hard part… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I speak French with timidity, and not flowingly--except when excited. When using that language I have often noticed that I have hardly… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The master minds of all nations, in all ages, have sprung in affluent multitude from the mass of the nations, and from… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If you are with the quality, or at a funeral, or trying to go to sleep when you ain't sleepy - if… — Mark Twain Funeral Copy Share Image
There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life that he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for… — Mark Twain Boys Copy Share Image
Don't wake up a woman in love. Let her dream, so that she does not weep when she returns to her bitter… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Heaven goes by favor; If it went on merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in. — Mark Twain Dog lover Copy Share Image
To succeed in the other trades, capacity must be shown; in the law, concealment of it will do. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It is at our mother's knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest ideals. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I can't do no literary work for the rest of this year because I'm meditating another lawsuit and looking around for a… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The happy phrasing of a compliment is one of the rarest of human gifts, and the happy delivery of it another. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
He is useless on top of the ground; he ought to be under it, inspiring the cabbages. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There is nothing that saps one's confidence as the knowing how to do a thing — Mark Twain Confidence Copy Share Image
The worst thing you can do to a man is to tell him he can have what he wants. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I suppose, just as an honest man in politics shines more than he would elsewhere. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I would rather have my ignorance than another man's knowledge, because I have so much of it. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The difference between the right word and the nearly right word is the same as that between lightning and the lightning bug.” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It used to be a good hotel, but that proves nothing - I used to be a good boy. — Mark Twain Boys Copy Share Image
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I have never taken any exercise, except sleeping and resting, and I never intend to take any. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Shut the door not that it lets in the cold but that it lets out the coziness. — Mark Twain Cold Copy Share Image
“way. And there ain’t no OTHER way, that ever I heard of, and I’ve read all the books that gives any information… — Mark Twain Books Copy Share Image
“Just when I thought I was learning how to live, 'twas then I realized I was learning how to die.” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
One of the brightest gems in the New England weather is the dazzling uncertainty of it. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
in order to make a man or boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain. — Mark Twain Boys Copy Share Image
“Herodotus says, "Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all: the conscientious historian will… — Mark Twain Creativity Copy Share Image
