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50 Best Mark Twain Quotes
1. “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear not absence of fear.” – Mark Twain
2. “Do not put off till tomorrow what can be put off till day-after-tomorrow just as well.” – Mark Twain
3. “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” – Mark Twain
4. “All kings is mostly rapscallions.” – Mark Twain
5. “Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.” – Mark Twain
6. “Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing the matter with this, except that it ain’t so.” – Mark Twain
7. “Golf is a good walk spoiled.” – Mark Twain
8. “Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.” – Mark Twain
9. “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.” – Mark Twain
10. “Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have someone to divide it with.” – Mark Twain
11. “The lack of money is the root of all evil.” – Mark Twain
12. “It is better to have old second-hand diamonds than none at all.” – Mark Twain
13. “Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.” – Mark Twain
14. “Men are easily dealt with but when you get the women started, you are in for it, you know.” – Mark Twain
15. “We chase phantoms half the days of our lives. It is well if we learn wisdom even then, and save the other half.” – Mark Twain
16. “Who would find out that I am a natural fool if I kept always cool and never let nature come to the surface? Nobody.” – Mark Twain
17. “Ah, well, I am a great and sublime fool. But then I am God’s fool, and all His works must be contemplated with respect.” – Mark Twain
18. “Its name is Public Opinion. It is held in reverence. It settles everything. Some think it is the voice of God.” – Mark Twain
19. “When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.” – Mark Twain
20. “Put all your eggs in one basket and watch that basket!” – Mark Twain
21. “The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.” – Mark Twain
22. “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society.” – Mark Twain
23. “There is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.” – Mark Twain
24. “When a humorist ventures upon the grave concerns of life he must do his job better than another man or he works harm to his cause.” – Mark Twain
25. “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” – Mark Twain
26. “What a man wants with religion in these breadless times, surpasses my comprehension.” – Mark Twain
27. “I would rather have my ignorance than another man’s knowledge, because I have got so much more of it.” – Mark Twain
28. “I am as prompt as a clock, if I only know the day a thing is wanted otherwise I am a natural procrastinaturalist.” – Mark Twain
29. “Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself.” – Mark Twain
30. “The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice.” – Mark Twain
31. “Principles have no real force except when one is well fed.” – Mark Twain
32. “Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.” – Mark Twain
33. “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” – Mark Twain
34. “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” – Mark Twain
35. “Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.” – Mark Twain
36. “You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” – Mark Twain
37. “Everyone is a moon and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.” – Mark Twain
38. “Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.” – Mark Twain
39. “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.” – Mark Twain
40. “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain
41. “Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.” – Mark Twain
42. “Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.” – Mark Twain
43. “Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them, the rest of us could not succeed.” – Mark Twain
44. “A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.” – Mark Twain
45. “He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.” – Mark Twain
46. “Write without pay until somebody offers to pay.” – Mark Twain
47. “Classic.” A book which people praise and don’t read.” – Mark Twain
48. “What’s the use you learning to do right, when it’s troublesome to do right and ain’t no trouble to do wrong, and the wages is just the same?” – Mark Twain
49. “Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.” – Mark Twain
50. “There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.” – Mark Twain
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