Mark Twain Quotes

There are people who can do all fine

and heroic things but one keep from telling their

happiness to the unhappy.

Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre,

but they are more deadly in the long run.

As an example to others,

and not that I care for moderation myself,

it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep,

and never to refrain from smoking when awake.

There are several good protections against temptation,

but the surest is cowardice.

Training is everything.

The peach was once a bitter almond;

cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.

The trouble ain't that there is too many fools,

but that the lightning ain't distributed right.

The finest clothing made is a person's own skin,

but, of course,

society demands something more than this.

I never smoke to excess that is,

I smoke in moderation,

only one cigar at a time.

Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.

I must have a prodigious quantity of mind;

it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.

India has 2,000,000 gods and worships them all.

In religion,

all other countries are paupers;

India is the only millionaire.

When a person cannot deceive himself

the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.

The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much;

if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.

The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.

It is better to take what does not belong to you

than to let it lie around neglected.

All emotion is involuntary when genuine.

Everything has its limit

iron ore cannot be educated into gold.

When I was younger I could remember anything,

whether it happened or not.

To be good is noble;

but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.

Classic.

A book which people praise and don't read.