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Mark Twain Quotes - Page 3

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Some people get an education without going to college. The rest get it after they get out.

Some people get an education without going to college. The rest get it after they get out.

College, People, Going To College

Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.13, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

God created war so that Americans would learn geography.

Inspirational, Funny, Life

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

Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

I cannot help but notice that there is no problem between us that cannot be solved by your departure.

Atheist, Departure, Helping

The truth hurts, but silence kills.

Hurt, Silence, Truth Hurts

Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.

Inspirational, Funny, Morning

Those who do not read have no advantage over those who cannot read.

Interesting, Advantage

They did not know it was impossible so they did it

Attitude, Law Of Attraction, Impossible

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

Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press

Law, Media Control, People

Mark Twain (1992). “Twain: Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, and Essays, Volume 1: 1852-1890”, p.726, Library of America

Knowledge becomes wisdom only after it has been put to good use.

Healing, Use, Conflict

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.

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.354, Courier Corporation

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

The world doesn't owe you anything. It was here first.

Inspirational, People, World

Most of the things I worried about in life never happened.

Worried, Happened

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.

Funny, Inspiring, Thankful

Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 16, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" (1894)

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

Funny, Life, Sarcastic

Quoted in Albert B. Paine, Mark Twain: A Biography (1912)

There is nothing to be learned from the second kick of a mule.

Mules, Kicks

Congress: America's only true criminal class.

Class, America, Criminals

Good judgement is the result of experience and experience the result of bad judgement.

Inspirational, Life, Judgement

Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat.

Funny, Humor, Cat

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

Inspirational, Leadership, Character

Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.50, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Don't dream your life, but live your dream

Dream, Live Your Dreams, Your Dreams

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

Love, Inspirational, Life

Mark Twain (2016). “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain”, p.116, Chartwell

The inability to forget is far more devastating than the inability to remember.

Humor, Deep Thought, Inability

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