Mark Twain was an American writer, who lived from 1835 to 1910. His most famous books are “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” (1876) and “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” (1885).
This is a collection of quotes by Mark Twain.
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A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
Mark TwainAnd what is a man without energy? Nothing - nothing at all.
Mark TwainCauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.
Mark TwainClimate is what we expect, weather is what we get.
Mark TwainEveryone is like a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
Mark TwainGiving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.
Mark TwainHow stunning are the changes which age makes in a man while he sleeps!
Mark TwainHumor is mankind's greatest blessing.
Mark TwainI have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.
Mark TwainIf you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.
Mark TwainIf you have nothing to say, say nothing.
Mark TwainIf you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
Mark TwainIf you want to change the future, you must change what you're doing in the present.
Mark TwainIt's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.
Mark TwainMan is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion — several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn't straight. He has made a graveyard of the globe in trying his honest best to smooth his brother's path to happiness and heaven.
Mark TwainMan is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.
Mark TwainNever argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
Mark TwainNever let formal education get in the way of your learning.
Mark TwainOften, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.
Mark TwainSource: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead.
Mark TwainThe difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
Mark TwainThe human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.
Mark TwainThe 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.
Mark TwainThe trouble with the world is not that people know too little; it's that they know so many things that just aren't so.
Mark TwainThe worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.
Mark TwainThere comes a time in every rightly-constructed boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.
Mark TwainTravel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.
Mark TwainTwenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark TwainWhen I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not.
Mark TwainWhen I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened. It is sad to go to pieces like this but we all have to do it.
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