Mark Twain Quotes

"The history of the race, and each individual's experience, are thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill and that a lie told well is immortal." --Mark Twain

Always do right; this will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.

Faith is believing what you know ain't so.

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

I admire the serene assurance of those who have religious faith. It is wonderful to observe the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.

I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said, "I don't know."

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things, freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.

Man is the only animal that blushes#or needs to.

Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.

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.

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

The more I know about people, the better I like my dog.

The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten.

Truth is more of a stranger than fiction.

Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.

You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.