Famous Quotes

Quotes by Mark Twain

• 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.
• There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.
• There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
• Thunder is good, thunder is impressive but it is lightning that does the work.
• To be good is noble but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.
• To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.
• Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so.
• Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities Truth isn't.
• Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.