Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old Mark Twain quotes, Mark Twain sayings, and Mark Twain proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
When in doubt, tell the Truth.Mark Twain
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Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.Mark Twain
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It's not the size of the dog in the fight, It's the size of the fight in the dog.Mark Twain
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The loveliest fleet of islands that lies anchored in any ocean.Mark Twain
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No alien land in all the world has any deep strong charm for me but that one, no other land could so longingly and so beseechingly haunt me, sleeping and waking, through half a lifetime, as that one has done. Other things leave me, but it abides; other things change, but it remains the same. For me the balmy airs are always blowing, its summer seas flashing in the sun; the pulsing of its surfbeat is in my ear; I can see its garlanded crags, its leaping cascades, its plumy palms drowsing by the shore, its remote summits floating like islands above the cloud wrack; I can feel the spirit of its wildland solitudes, I can hear the splash of its brooks; in my nostrils still lives the breath of flowers that perished twenty years ago.Mark Twain
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The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.Mark Twain
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The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.Mark Twain
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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fearMark Twain
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Do not offer a compliment and ask a favor at the same time. A compliment that is charged for is not valuable.Mark Twain
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Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.Mark Twain
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Prejudice cannot see the things that are because it is always looking for things that aren't.Mark Twain
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There are people who exaggerate so much that they can't tell the truth without lying.Mark Twain
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Better a broken promise than none at all.Mark Twain
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One can enjoy a rainbow without necessarily forgetting the forces that made it.Mark Twain
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A baby is an inestimable blessing and bother.Mark Twain
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Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.Mark Twain
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The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.Mark Twain
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A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.Mark Twain
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To get the full value of joy
You must have someone to divide it with.Mark Twain
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The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.Mark Twain
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Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.Mark Twain
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In statesmanship get formalities right, never mind about the moralities.Mark Twain
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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.Mark Twain
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To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.Mark Twain
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In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.Mark Twain
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Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.Mark Twain
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I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.Mark Twain
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All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.Mark Twain
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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. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.Mark Twain
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Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.Mark Twain