Mark Twain quotes - page 2

It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt. (Mark Twain)
To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know because I've done it a thousand times.
Mark Twain
Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.
Mark Twain
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
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You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
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When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.
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The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little.
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"Classic." A book which people praise and don't read.
Mark Twain
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.
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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. (Mark Twain)
The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.
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It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.
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If man could be crossed with a cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat.
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Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.
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Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.
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I believe that our Heavenly Father invented man because he was disappointed in the monkey.
Mark Twain
Often the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth.
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There is nothing so annoying as a good example.
Mark Twain
My books are like water; those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water.
Mark Twain
Don't go around thinking the world owes you a living. It was here first. (Mark Twain)
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
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He was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.
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In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.
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It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
Mark Twain