Mark Twain quotes

“A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.”

— Mark Twain

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

— Mark Twain

“A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.”

— Mark Twain

“Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.”

— Mark Twain

“Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.”

— Mark Twain

“All generalizations are false, including this one.”

— Mark Twain

“All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure.”

— Mark Twain

“Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.”

— Mark Twain

“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”

— Mark Twain

“Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.”

— Mark Twain

“Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.”

— Mark Twain

“Be careless in your dress if you will, but keep a tidy soul.”

— Mark Twain

“Better a broken promise than none at all.”

— Mark Twain

“By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.”

— Mark Twain

“Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.”

— Mark Twain

“Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.”

— Mark Twain

“Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.”

— Mark Twain

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

— Mark Twain

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.”

— Mark Twain

“Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.”

— Mark Twain

“Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.”

— Mark Twain

“Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.”

— Mark Twain

“Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.”

— Mark Twain

“Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold.”

— Mark Twain

“Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.”

— Mark Twain

“Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.”

— Mark Twain

“Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.”

— Mark Twain

“Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.”

— Mark Twain

“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”

— Mark Twain

“Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.”

— Mark Twain

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