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Mark Twain's quotes

« If our Heavenly Father invented man, it is because the monkey had disappointed him. »
Mark Twain

« Buy land, they don't make anymore. »
Mark Twain

« Sacred cows make the best hamburgers. »
Mark Twain

« The German wine stands vinegar through the label. »
Mark Twain

« Made of silver and the world will agree to call you Mr. »
Mark Twain

« I know what a winter evening like an Apple that grid and sizzles in the hearth, and I know the comfort that brings the eating hot, with a little sugar and a drizzle of cream... »
Mark Twain

« The last thing in the world I want is to put myself forward. but I have nothing against the fact of being noticed. »
Mark Twain

« The truth is always more surprising than fiction because fiction must stick to what is possible, while the truth, she is not obliged to do. »
Mark Twain

« The disaster that ends up happening is never one to which it is prepared. »
Mark Twain

« Kindness is the language that a deaf person can hear and blind can see. »
Mark Twain (Pensées et aphorismes)

« Everyone is a moon, with a dark side that nobody sees. »
Mark Twain (En suivant l’équateur)

« More than a trivial thing has grown thanks to good publicity. »
Mark Twain

« The radicals are inventing new ideas. When they are worn, the Conservatives adopt them. »
Mark Twain

« The safest defense against temptation is cowardice. »
Mark Twain

« That man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority compared to any other creature; but the fact that this may well prove the inferiority of his mind. »
Mark Twain (What is Man ?)

« Don't waste your time to repeat that the world owes you something. The world owes you nothing. It was there before you. »
Mark Twain

« It is noble to learn, but it is still nobler to teach others, and less complicated. »
Mark Twain

« Most of the people are troubled by the passages of Scripture that they do not understand. For my part, I notice that passages that still confuse me are those that I understand. »
Mark Twain

« That human beings would be without women? They would be rare, extremely rare. »
Mark Twain

« It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. »
Mark Twain

« It's by the grace of God that we have these three precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of thought and caution not to exercise neither one nor the other. »
Mark Twain

« The truth is farther from us than fiction. »
Mark Twain

« October is a month of particularly dangerous to speculate in the stock market. But there are others: July, January, September, April, November, may, March, June, December, August and February. »
Mark Twain

« An Englishman does things because they have already been made, an American because they have not been made. »
Mark Twain (Carnets)

« Thunder is impressive, but it's the Flash that is important. »
Mark Twain

« In France there is neither winter, nor summer, nor principles; But apart from these three drawbacks, it's a beautiful country. »
Mark Twain

« Left people invent new ideas. When they are worn, right wing people adopt them. »
Mark Twain

« The best way to stay healthy, it is to eat what you don't want to eat, drink what you don't want to drink, and not to do things that you don't like. »
Mark Twain

« If I can't smoke cigars in heaven, I won't. »
Mark Twain

« Having tasted of watermelon, it's know what eat angels. »
Mark Twain

« Honesty is the best policy - when there is money to the key. »
Mark Twain

« Wrinkles should merely be the footprint of the smiles. »
Mark Twain (En Suivant l'équateur)

« The first kiss that gets a woman is as the first pickle it manages to extract the jar. The rest comes alone. »
Mark Twain

« Smoking saved my life. Whenever I'm sick, the doctor removes me the cigar. And I healed! Where would I be if I had not smoked the cigar. »
Mark Twain

« In the conduct of the Affairs of the State, respect the formalities and neglect morality. »
Mark Twain

« More you take part in the joys and sorrows of the people, the more they you are near and dear. But it's grief and problems that closest to you. »
Mark Twain

« When something has been said and said well, have no scruples. Take it and write it. »
Mark Twain

« The secret of success is making your vocation your vacation. »
Mark Twain

« We are deeply hurt when people don't respect us. Yet, at the bottom of his heart, no man no self-respecting much himself. »
Mark Twain

« Kindness is the language that a deaf person can hear and blind can see. »
Mark Twain

« I don't like the idea of having to choose between heaven and hell: I have friends in both. »
Mark Twain

« Saving is a magnificent reality, especially when our parents have done it. »
Mark Twain

« One day, my cradle was placed next to that of another child. One of us two died. Since then, I don't know which is alive: him or me? »
Mark Twain

« God created man, then he was afraid he was ennuyât he gave the woman. Soon after, on remorse, God was afraid that she ennuyât him, he sent him tobacco. »
Mark Twain

« There are many examples of wasteful spending. The walls of the cemeteries: those who are in it cannot get out, and those who are outdoors do not want to enter. »
Mark Twain

« The higher animals are never with this disease called the moral sense. »
Mark Twain

« I will choose heaven for the climate, and hell for the company. »
Mark Twain

« The game, that's all we do without there being forced. »
Mark Twain

« The main difference between a cat and a lie is that the cat has only nine lives. »
Mark Twain

« What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin. »
Mark Twain

« If you could cross the man and the cat, it would improve man, but it degrade the cat. »
Mark Twain

« The art of prophecy is extremely difficult, especially with regard to the future. »
Mark Twain

« Why spend money to make your family tree? Make the policy and your opponents will do. »
Mark Twain

« There are two cases in which a man should not speculate in the stock market: when it doesn't have the means and when there. »
Mark Twain

« Those who are for freedom without agitation are people who want the rain without storm. »
Mark Twain

« There are people who about some problems, demonstrate a high tolerance. It is often because they care. »
Mark Twain

« It's easier to have principles when you're well fed. »
Mark Twain

« These days, the biggest problem of marriage is to provide, on one salary, to the needs of his wife and those of the State. »
Mark Twain

« Start by being rich, then you can be virtuous. »
Mark Twain

« His whiskey was so extraordinary that when he drank, he spoke Scots. »
Mark Twain

« Facts are stubborn. It is easier to settle with statistics. »
Mark Twain

« Modesty is born with the invention of the garment. »
Mark Twain (En suivant l'équateur)

« When you're angry, count to four. When you're very angry, swear. »
Mark Twain (Le calendrier de Pudd'nhead Wilson)

« Always do well, you'll pleasure to some and you étonneras other. »
Mark Twain (Aphorisme)

« Everything we need to succeed in life is ignorance and confidence. »
Mark Twain (Dedicace)

« When in doubt, tell the truth. »
Mark Twain (Le calendrier de Pudd'nhead Wilson)

« Those who are for freedom and against the unrest are people who want to have rain, but not the Thunder. »
Mark Twain

« They didn't know it was impossible, so they did. »
Mark Twain

« Familiarity begets contempt... and children. »
Mark Twain

« With a good compliment, I can live for two months. »
Mark Twain (L'art de Convaincre, 2008)

« Care if it's white, black, yellow or Indian. It just has to be a man, there cannot be anything worse. »
Mark Twain

« Courage is resistance to fear: the mistress and not the absence of fear. »
Mark Twain

« One of the proofs of immortality of the soul is as myriads of people believe. They also believed that the Earth was flat. »
Mark Twain

« Never learn to do anything; If you don't learn, you will always find someone else who will take your place. »
Mark Twain

« When you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. »
Mark Twain

« Reality than fiction because fiction must contain the plausibility, but not the reality. »
Mark Twain

« Consumed with moderation, water cannot hurt. »
Mark Twain

« Good friends, good books and sleepy conscience, that is the secret of happiness. »
Mark Twain

« Anyone who opens a prison must know that it will not close it more. »
Mark Twain

« This is per piston to get in to heaven. If it was to merit, my dog would come and me I would stay out. »
Mark Twain

« It's not fair to pick up golf balls lost while they are still rolling. »
Mark Twain

« The rich who think that the poor are happy are not more stupid than the poor who think that the rich are. »
Mark Twain

« Adam is the only man who, when he said something amazing, was sure that no one had said before him. »
Mark Twain

« A lie can circumnavigate the earth time for the truth to his shoes. »
Mark Twain

« The man who is pessimistic 45 knows too much, one who is optimistic after don't know enough. »
Mark Twain

« We don't get rid of a habit in flanking it out the window; to him do market-by-market downstairs. »
Mark Twain

« Good education is to hide all the good that we think of ourselves and the little good that we think of others. »
Mark Twain (Carnets)

« Quitting smoking is the easiest thing ever. I know what it is: I did it 50 times. »
Mark Twain

« The bed is the most dangerous place in the world: 99% of people die. »
Mark Twain

« There are three things that a woman is capable of doing with nothing: a hat, a salad and a domestic scene. »
Mark Twain (Contes choisis)

« The name of the greatest of inventors: accident. »
Mark Twain

« Put all your eggs in one basket--and watch the basket. »
Mark Twain

« It is the difference of opinion that makes horse races. »
Mark Twain (Le calendrier de Pudd'nhead Wilson)

« Cauliflower is nothing else than a cabbage that is passed by the University. »
Mark Twain (Le Calendrier de Pudd'nhead Wilson)

« A classic is something that everyone wants to have read and nobody wants to read. »
Mark Twain (The disappearance of literature)

« It was admirable of Discover America, but it would have been even more to miss. »
Mark Twain (Le calendrier de Pudd'nhead Wilson)

« There are three kinds of lies: lies, the sacred lies, and statistics. »
Mark Twain (Autobiographie)

« Let us try to live so that when we get more, the undertaker himself cry at our funeral. »
Mark Twain

« The truth is the most valuable thing we have. Save her. »
Mark Twain (Le calendrier de Pudd'nhead Wilson)

« It's beautiful to be virtuous, but teaching others to be, it's even more beautiful... and so much easier. »
Mark Twain

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