Quotes By Mark Twain

The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.

It is noble to teach oneself; it is still nobler to teach others.

Focus more on your desire than on your doubt, and the dream will take care of itself.

We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.

You meet people who forget you. You forget people you meet. But sometimes you meet those people you can't forget. Those are your friends.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.

Be respectful to your superiors, if you have any.

Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.

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

Anyone who can only think of one way to spell a word obviously lacks imagination.

Every civilization carries the seeds of its own destruction, and the same cycle shows in them all. The Republic is born, flourishes, decays into plutocracy, and is captured by the shoemaker whom the mercenaries and millionaires make into a king. The people invent their oppressors, and the oppressors serve the function for which they are invented.

Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

Reality can be beaten with enough imagination.

A circle is a round straight line with a hole in the middle.

History never repeats itself; at best it sometimes rhymes.

Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there.

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

Nothing spoils a good story like the arrival of an eyewitness.

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