Mark Twain Quotes
Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered — either by themselves or by others.
The only reason why God created man is because he was disappointed with the monkey.
Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them.
Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing the matter with this, except that it ain't so.
The elastic heart of youth cannot be compressed into one constrained shape long at a time.
When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
Men are easily dealt with - but when you get the women started, you are in for it, you know.
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
I would rather have my ignorance than another man’s knowledge, because I have so much more of it.
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have someone to divide it with.
In order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to obtain.
A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.
Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.
We chase phantoms half the days of our lives. It is well if we learn wisdom even then, and save the other half.
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.
Ah, well, I am a great and sublime fool. But then I am God’s fool, and all His work must be contemplated with respect.
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man’s notion that he less savage than the other savages.
Of the demonstrably wise there are but two: those who commit suicide, and those who keep their reasoning faculties atrophied with drink.
The humorous story is told gravely; the teller does his best to conceal the fact that he even dimly suspects that there is anything funny about it.
I am quite sure now that often, very often, in matters concerning religion and politics a man’s reasoning powers are not above the monkey’s.
I never made a success of a lecture delivered in a church yet. People are afraid to laugh in a church. They can't be made to do it in any possible way.
Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child's loss of a doll and a king's loss of a crown are events of the same size.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
The holy passion of friendship is so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring in nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.
Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss SLOWLY. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile.
In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.
