Mark Twain quotes

Mark Twain was an American writer, humorist, and lecturer, best known for novels such as "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." His sharp wit and vivid storytelling made him one of the most beloved figures in American literature. He is regarded as a master of satire and a keen observer of human nature. Here are 1199 of his quotes:

Everyone is like a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

Mark Twain

There are lies, damned lies and statistics.

Mark Twain

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

Mark Twain

Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

Mark Twain

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

Mark Twain

Truth is such a precious article let us all economize in its use.

Mark Twain

It's not the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Mark Twain

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do.

Mark Twain

The two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why.

Mark Twain

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

Mark Twain

It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.

Mark Twain

The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.

Mark Twain

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

Mark Twain

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

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Mark Twain

It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

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One learns peoples through the heart, not the eyes or the intellect.

Mark Twain

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

Mark Twain

The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives.

Mark Twain

The secret to getting ahead is getting started.

Mark Twain

Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most.

Mark Twain

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

Mark Twain