“I've dealt with many crises in my life, but few will ever happen.”
Author
Mark Twain
1835–1910159 quotes
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." Twain's novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel."
“Always do right - It will please many people, and amaze the rest.”
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“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.”
“Never let your schooling interfere with your education.”
“But who prays for Satan? Who in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most.”
Mark Twain's Autobiography, p117
“Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.”
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
“Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.”
“I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.”
“Get the facts first. You can distort them later.”
“Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.”
“It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.”
“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”
“My books are like water; those of the great geniuses are wine. Everybody drinks water.”
“Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.”
“Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.”
“Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.”
“Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.”
“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.”
“Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.”
“I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.”
“The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal.”
“Anyone with a new idea is a crank... until the idea succeeds.”
“Don't let schooling interfere with your education.”
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”