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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  • Adam was the luckiest man; he had no mother-in-law.
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  • Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.
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  • All I say is, kings is kings, and you got to make allowances. Take them all around, they're a mighty ornery lot. It's the way they're raised.
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  • All say, How hard it is that we have to die - a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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  • All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then Success is sure.
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  • Always do right; this will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
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  • Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol: you want it not for itself, but because it will content your spirit for the moment.
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  • As a thinker and planner the ant is the equal of any savage race of men; as a self-educated specialist in several arts she is the superior of any savage race of men; and in one or two high mental qualities she is above the reach of any man, savage or civilized!
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  • As to the adjective, when in doubt strike it out.
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  • Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.
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  • Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
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  • Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul.
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  • Be good and you will be lonely.
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  • Be virtuous and you will be eccentric.
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  • Better a broken promise than none at all.
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  • Between us, we cover all knowledge; he knows all that can be known and I know the rest.
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  • Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written.
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  • Both marriage and death ought to be welcome: The one promises happiness, doubtless the other assures it.
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  • By common consent of all the nations and all the ages the most valuable thing in this world is the homage of men, whether deserved or undeserved.
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  • By law of periodical repetition, everything which has happened once must happen again and again - and not capriciously, but at regular periods, and each thing in its own period, not another's and each obeying its own law.
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