Mark Twain's Quotes

Mark Twain's Quotes 280

Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever...

Man was made at the end of the week's work, when God was tired.

Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.

Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make...

Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except...

Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.

When in doubt tell the truth.

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our...

Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very'; your editor...

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause...

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

Golf is a good walk spoiled.

The finest clothing made is a person's own skin, but, of course, society...

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private...

India has 2,000,000 gods and worships them all. In religion, all other...

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I...

Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.

In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the...

Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which, before their union, were not...

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