Mark Twain quotes

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

Grief can take care if itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.

Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold.

I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.

Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.

A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.

A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.