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Famous Mark Twain Quotes
“It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it.”
“One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.”
“I have made it a rule never to smoke more than one cigar at a time.”
“Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.”
Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations
“Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)
“Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.”
Source: The quotable Mark Twain: his essential aphorisms, witticisms & concise opinions
“The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for.”
Source: A Tramp Abroad: Mark Twain's Collections
“I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.”
Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations
“Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.”
“What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce.”
Source: Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist
Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations
Source: The Innocents Abroad
“A cat is more intelligent than people believe, and can be taught any crime.”
Source: Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist
“great people are those who make others feel that they, too, can become great.”
“Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?”
Source: The Complete Works of Mark Twain: All 13 Novels, Short Stories, Poetry and Essays
“There is nothing so annoying as to have two people talking when you're busy interrupting.”
“Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.”
“Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it.”
“I am only human, although I regret it.”
Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations
Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations
Source: More Tramps Abroad
“I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.”
“No real estate is permanently valuable but the grave.”
Source: Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist
“Men are like bank accounts. The more money, the more interest they generate.”
“The funniest things are the forbidden.”
Source: Mark Twain's Notebooks & Journals, Volume II: (1877-1883)
Source: Mark Twain’s Letters & Speeches (Annotated Edition)
Source: Mark Twain Speaks for Himself