Quotes by Mark Twain

Mark Twain

Mark Twain

American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens)

Lived from: 1835 - 1910

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 30 november 1835 Died: 21 april 1910

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  • There is a great deal of human nature in people.
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  • There is no God, no universe, no human race, no earthly life, no heaven, no hell. It is all a dream, a grotesque and foolish dream. Nothing exists but you. And you are but a thought - a vagrant thought, a useless thought, a homeless thought, wandering forlorn among the empty eternities!
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  • There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.
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  • There is no such thing as ''the Queen's English.'' The property has gone into the hands of a joint stock company and we own the bulk of the shares!
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  • There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus.
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  • There is nothing sadder than a young pessimist.
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  • There is nothing so annoying as a good example!!
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  • There is nothing you can say in answer to a compliment. I have been complimented myself a great many times, and they always embarrass me - I always feel that they have not said enough.
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  • There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.
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  • There isn't a single human characteristic that can be safely labeled as ''American.''
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  • There it is: it doesn't make any difference who we are or what we are, there's always somebody to look down on! somebody to hold in light esteem, somebody to be indifferent about.
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  • There was never a century nor a country that was short of experts who knew the Deity's mind and were willing to reveal it.
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  • There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.
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  • There's always something about your success that displeases even your best friends.
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  • Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others.
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  • Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.
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  • Thunder is impressive, but it is lightning that does the work.
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  • To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours.
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  • To be good is noble, but to teach others how to be good is nobler and less trouble.
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  • To be great, truly great, you have to be the kind of person who makes the others around you great.
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