Quotes from Mark Twain
A proud man is one who waits for a vacancy in the Trinity.
- Mark Twain
Armor is heavy, yet it is a proud burden, and a man standeth straight in it.
- Mark Twain
There are some natures which never grow large enough to speak out and say a bad act is a bad act, until they have inquired into the politics or the nationality of the man who did it.
- Mark Twain
War talk by men who have been in a war is always interesting; whereas moon talk by a poet who has not been in the moon is likely to be dull.
- Mark Twain
One day man by the slow processes of evolution shall develop into something really fine and high - some billions of years hence, say.
- Mark Twain
Man proposes, but God blocks the game.
- Mark Twain
Humor is man's greatest blessing.
- Mark Twain
Kings cannot ennoble thee, thou good, great soul, for One who is higher than kings hath done that for thee; but a king can confirm thy nobility to men.
- Mark Twain
By common consent of all the nations and all the ages the most valuable thing in this world is the homage of men, whether deserved or undeserved.
- Mark Twain
When some men discharge an obligation, you can hear the report for miles around.
- Mark Twain
A group of men in evening clothes looks like a flock of crows, and is just about as inspiring.
- Mark Twain
I believe I have no prejudices whatsoever. All I need to know is that a man is a member of the human race. That's bad enough for me.
- Mark Twain