“Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.”
– Mark Twain
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.”
– Mark Twain
“Thunder is good, thunder is impressive but it is lightning that does the work.”
– Mark Twain
“Man was made at the end of the week’s work when God was tired.”
– Mark Twain
“Man – a creature made at the end of the week’s work when God was tired.”
– Mark Twain
“Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.”
– Mark Twain
“Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.”
– Mark Twain
“Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain’t so.”
– Mark Twain
“Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn’t.”
– Mark Twain
“When in doubt tell the truth.”
– Mark Twain
“Why shouldn’t truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.”
– Mark Twain
“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities Truth isn’t.”
– Mark Twain
“It’s no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.”
– Mark Twain
“Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.”
– Mark Twain
“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”
– Mark Twain
“I have made it a rule never to smoke more that one cigar at a time.”
– Mark Twain
“Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very’ your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”
– 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
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.”
– Mark Twain
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
– Mark Twain
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
– Mark Twain
“Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.”
– Mark Twain
“To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.”
– Mark Twain
“A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.”
– Mark Twain
“All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure.”
– Mark Twain
“Golf is a good walk spoiled.”
– Mark Twain
“It’s good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.”
– Mark Twain
“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”
– Mark Twain
“The finest clothing made is a person’s own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this.”
– Mark Twain
“When people do not respect us we are sharply offended yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.”
– Mark Twain