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Famous Mark Twain Quotes
“No real gentleman will tell the naked truth in the presence of ladies.”
“All of us contain Music & Truth, but most of us can't get it out.”
“There has been much tragedy in my life; at least half of it actually happened.”
“At 50, a man can be an ass without being an optimist but not an optimist without being an ass”
“What a man misses mostly in heaven is company.”
“A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.”
“Had double chins all the way down to his stomach.”
“The good Lord didn't create anything without a purpose, but the fly comes close.”
“I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell - you see, I have friends in both places.”
“Sacred cows make the best hamburger.”
“I have been an author for 20 years and an ass for 55.”
“Nothing spoils a good story like the arrival of an eyewitness.”
“I have been born more times than anybody except Krishna.”
“Behind every successful man, there is a woman - And behind every unsuccessful man, there are two.”
“Nothing helps scenery like bacon and eggs.”
“The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten”
“That cat will write her autograph all over your leg if you let her.”
“To succeed in the other trades, capacity must be shown; in the law, concealment of it will do.”
“He had the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.”
“Let us swear while we may, for in heaven it will not be allowed”
“If all the fools in this world should die, lordly God how lonely I should be.”