Famous Quotes

Quotes by Mark Twain

• It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
• It is not best that we should all think alike it is a difference of opinion that makes horse races.
• It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
• It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.
• It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.
• Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.
• Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.
• Lord save us all from a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.
• Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.
• Man - a creature made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.
• Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.
• My books are like water those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water.
• My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
• Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.
• Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
• Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.
• Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
• Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.
• Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks.
• Prosperity is the best protector of principle.
• Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run.
• Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.
• Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.
• Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress but I repeat myself.
• The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
• The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes.
• The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
• The finest clothing made is a person's own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this.
• The lack of money is the root of all evil.
• The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
• The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.
• The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
• The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
• The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow there is no humor in Heaven.
• The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.