Home » Mark Twain Mark Twain Mark Twain American - writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer 1 How lucky Adam was. He knew when he said a good thing, nobody had said it before. Mark Twain Good, Lucky, Said Add to Collection 2 Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do. Mark Twain Work, Body, Play Add to Collection 3 I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know. Mark Twain Know, Said, Answer Add to Collection 4 Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own. Mark Twain Book, Own, Discover Add to Collection 5 It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions. Mark Twain Man, Animal, Dumb Add to Collection 6 A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape. Mark Twain Time, Man, Right Add to Collection 7 Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven. Mark Twain Joy, Humor, Heaven Add to Collection 8 To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble. Mark Twain Good, Trouble, Others Add to Collection 9 Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't. Mark Twain Truth, Possibilities, Stick Add to Collection 10 What, sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? They would be scarce, sir, almighty scarce. Mark Twain Woman, Earth, People Add to Collection 11 Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so. Mark Twain Truth, Truth Is, Nothing Add to Collection 12 It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it. Mark Twain America, Find, Wonderful Add to Collection 13 He is now rising from affluence to poverty. Mark Twain Poverty, Now, Rising Add to Collection 14 I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough. Mark Twain Me, Said, Enough Add to Collection 15 Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside. Mark Twain Life, Success, Food Add to Collection 16 Repartee is something we think of twenty-four hours too late. Mark Twain Think, Too Late, Late Add to Collection 17 There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy. Mark Twain Happiness, People, Unhappy Add to Collection 18 Necessity is the mother of taking chances. Mark Twain Mother, Chance, Chances Add to Collection 19 I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up. Mark Twain Intelligence, mind, Week Add to Collection 20 It is easier to stay out than get out. Mark Twain Easier, Stay, Out Add to Collection 21 When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people. Mark Twain People, Chance, Person Add to Collection 22 Buy land, they're not making it anymore. Mark Twain Land, Anymore, Buy Add to Collection 23 If the world comes to an end, I want to be in Cincinnati. Everything comes there ten years later. Mark Twain End, World, Want Add to Collection 24 What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin. Mark Twain Tax, Difference, Skin Add to Collection 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 next › last »
