Quotes from Mark Twain
Adam was the only man who, when he said a good thing, knew that nobody had said it before him.
- Mark Twain
That kind of so-called housekeeping where they have six Bibles and no cork-screw.
- Mark Twain
I wish to become rich, so that I can instruct the people and glorify honest poverty a little, like those kind-hearted, fat, benevolent people do.
- Mark Twain
I conceive that the right way to write a story for boys is to write so that it will not only interest boys but strongly interest any man who has ever been a boy. That immensely enlarges the audience.
- Mark Twain
Think of that — what little things change the world's history...
- Mark Twain
Adam was not alone in the Garden of Eden, however, and does not deserve all the credit; much is due to Eve, the first woman, and Satan, the first consultant.
- Mark Twain
The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will then be a happy and a virtuous people.
- Mark Twain
Wisdom teaches us that none but birds should go out early, and that not even birds should do it unless they are out of worms.
- Mark Twain
We chase phantoms half the days of our lives. It is well if we learn wisdom even then, and save the other half.
- Mark Twain
Indeed, none but the Deity can tell what is good luck and what is bad before the returns are all in.
- Mark Twain
Don't wake up a woman in love. Let her dream, so that she does not weep when she returns to her bitter reality
- Mark Twain
Both marriage and death ought to be welcome: the one promises happiness, doubtless the other assures it.
- Mark Twain