Mark Twain Quotes

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth
is putting on its s hoes . Agains t the as s ault of laughter nothing can s tand. Always do
right. This will gratify s ome people and as tonis h the res t. Be careful in your dres s
if you will, but keep a tidy s oul. Better a broken promis e than none at all. By
trying we can eas ily endure advers ity. Another mans , I mean. Clothes make the man.
Naked people have little or no influence on s ociety. Courage is res is tance to fear,
mas tery of fear, not abs ence of fear. Education cons is ts mainly of what we have
unlearned. Everything has its limit iron ore cannot be educated into gold.
Familiarity breeds contempt and children. Few things are harder to put up with
than the annoyance of a good example. He is now ris ing from affluence to poverty. He
is us eles s on top of the ground; he ought to be under it, ins piring the cabbages .
Hones ty is the bes t policy when there is money in it. I have made a rule never to
s moke more than one cigar at a time. In the firs t place, God made idiots . That was
for practice. Then he made s chool boards . It is better to des erve honors and not
have them than to have them and not des erve them. Loyalty to petrified opinion never
yet broke a chain or freed a human s oul. Man a creature made at the end of the
weeks work when God was tired. Man is the only creature that blus hes or needs to.
Man was made at the end of the weeks work when God was tired. Man will do many
things to get hims elf loved, he will do all things to get hims elf envied. Many a
s mall thing has been made large by the right kind of advertis ing. Martyrdom covers a
multitude of s ins . Neces s ity is the mother of taking chances . Nothing s o needs
reforming as other peoples habits . One of the mos t s triking differences between a
cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives . Principles have no real force
except when one is well-fed. Pros perity is the bes t protector of principle. Such is
the human race, often it s eems a pity that Noahdidnt mis s the boat. Suppos e you
were an idiot, and s uppos e you were a member of Congres s ; but I repeat mys elf. The
more things are forbidden, the more popular they become. The reports of my death
have been greatly exaggerated. The s ecret s ource of humor is not joy but s orrow;
there is no humor in Heaven. The very ink with which all his tory is written is
merely fluid prejudice. There are s everal good protections agains t temptation, but
the s ures t is cowardice. There is no s adder s ight than a young pes s imis t. Thunder is
good, thunder is impres s ive; but it is lightning that does all the work. To be good
is noble; but to s how others how to be good is nobler and no trouble. Truth is the
mos t valuable thing we have. Let us economize it. When angry, count to four; when
very angry, s wear. When in doubt, tell the truth. When red-haired people are above a
certain s ocial grade, their hair is auburn. When we remember we are all mad, the
mys teries dis appear and life s tands explained. When you fis h for love, bait with
your heart, not your brain. Wrinkles s hould merely indicate where s miles have been.