Mark Twain Quotes

American - Author November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910 Read full biography

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Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. - Mark Twain

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Kindness, Blind, Language, See, Deaf

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. - Mark Twain

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Motivational, Secret, Ahead, Started

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

People, Fool, Think, You, Brainy, Better

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. - Mark Twain

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Life, Success, Confidence, Ignorance

Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain

Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.

Funny, You, Facts, Your, Get, First

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. - Mark Twain

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

Fear, Courage, Resistance, Absence

You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. - Mark Twain

You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.

Eyes, Imagination, Focus, You, Depend

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. - Mark Twain

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

Time, Patriotism, Government, Country

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. - Mark Twain

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

Dog, Fight, Size

In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours. - Mark Twain

In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.

Nature, Spring, Weather, Inside, Hours

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

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

Mother, Mom, Great, Me, Think, She

Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company. - Mark Twain

Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.

Funny, Hell, Heaven, Company, Go

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

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

Age, Mind, You, Matter, Over, Issue

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself. - Mark Twain

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.

Myself, Politics, You, Idiot, Congress

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

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

Education, Person, Who, Over, Read

In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards. - Mark Twain

In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.

Education, God, School, Practice, Place

Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.

Smoking, World, Know, Giving Up, Giving

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Business, Yourself, Time, You, Find

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

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

People, Do The Right Thing, Rest, Will

Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education. - Mark Twain

Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.

Education, College, Nothing, Cabbage

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

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

Communication, Man, Character, May, He

There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.

People, Group, Things, Who, Two, First

Humor is mankind's greatest blessing. - Mark Twain

Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.

Blessing, Humor, Greatest, Mankind

When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain. - Mark Twain

When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.

Love, Heart, You, Brain, Fish, Your

When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear. - Mark Twain

When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.

Angry, Anger, Four, Count, Very, Swear

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. - Mark Twain

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

Best, Yourself, Way, Try, Up, Cheer

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