Mark Twain Quotes

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
Mark Twain

Fool, Doubt, Keep

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

Humanity, Common, Satan

All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure.
Mark Twain

Success, Ignorance, Confidence

I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell - you see, I have friends in both places.
Mark Twain

Friends, Hell, Both

When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
Mark Twain

Life, Remember, Mad

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
Mark Twain

Mom, Great, Mother

Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.
Mark Twain

Government, Loyalty, Country

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress.
Mark Twain

Congress, Facts, Except

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
Mark Twain

Society, Influence, Clothes

The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.
Mark Twain

Children, Tell, Stop

A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
Mark Twain

Communication, Character, May

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
Mark Twain

Words, Often, Action

The lack of money is the root of all evil.
Mark Twain

Money, Evil, Lack

Don't let schooling interfere with your education.
Mark Twain

Education, Interfere, Schooling

Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Mark Twain

Rest, Astonish, Gratify

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Mark Twain

Rest, Astonish, Gratify

If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first.
Mark Twain

Morning, Best, Job

It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.
Mark Twain

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.
Mark Twain

God, Freedom, Country

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.
Mark Twain

Life, Age, Born

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

Health, Keep, Rather

All generalizations are false, including this one.
Mark Twain

Funny, False, Including

There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress.
Mark Twain

American, Congress, Except

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.
Mark Twain

Denial, Egypt, River

If the world comes to an end, I want to be in Cincinnati. Everything comes there ten years later.
Mark Twain

End, Everything, Later

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: November 30, 1835

Died: April 21, 1910

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