Mark Twain is renowned for making some of the most profound statements ever recorded. His wisdom lives on in those that read and remember his statements. Here are some of Mark Twain's best quotes...
I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying that I approved of it.
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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.
--Mark Twain
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
--Mark Twain
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
--Mark Twain
Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
--Mark Twain
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
--Mark Twain
An Englishman is a person who does things because they have been done before. An American is a person who does things because they haven't been done before.
--Mark Twain
Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.
--Mark Twain
By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean.
--Mark Twain
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
--Mark Twain
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
--Mark Twain
Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.
--Mark Twain
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
--Mark Twain
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
--Mark Twain
Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.
--Mark Twain
Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable.
--Mark Twain
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
--Mark Twain
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
--Mark Twain
Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
--Mark Twain
I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying that I approved of it.
--
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.
--Mark Twain
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
--Mark Twain
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
--Mark Twain
Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
--Mark Twain
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
--Mark Twain
An Englishman is a person who does things because they have been done before. An American is a person who does things because they haven't been done before.
--Mark Twain
Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.
--Mark Twain
By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean.
--Mark Twain
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
--Mark Twain
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
--Mark Twain
Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.
--Mark Twain
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
--Mark Twain
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
--Mark Twain
Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.
--Mark Twain
Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable.
--Mark Twain
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
--Mark Twain
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
--Mark Twain
Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
--Mark Twain
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