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The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies.

The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies.

Mark Twain
Inspirational, Life, Atheist
"Letters from the Earth" (1940)

Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement.

Mark Twain
Inspirational, Funny, Humor

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

Mark Twain
Inspirational, Success, Good Life
1897 Following the Equator, ch.32.

Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.

Mark Twain
Inspirational, Strength, Happiness
The Mysterious Stranger ch. 10 (1916)

Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.

Mark Twain
Inspirational, Success, Smart
Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.210, Courier Corporation

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

Mark Twain
Inspirational, Success, Education

The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.

Mark Twain
Inspirational, Life, Death
Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.401, Courier Corporation

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.

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

We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove.

Mark Twain
Inspirational, Sheep, Waiting
Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.338, Courier Corporation

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

Mark Twain
Inspirational, Mother, Fear
Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.320, Courier Corporation

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

Mark Twain
Inspirational, Funny, Life

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.

Mark Twain
Inspirational, Success, Sarcastic

Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.

Mark Twain
Inspirational, Life, Work
Letter to HenryW. Ruoff, 28 Aug. 1908

Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.

Mark Twain
Inspirational, Education, Learning
c.1897 Quoted in Albert Bigelow Paine (ed) MarkTwain's Notebook (1935).

Never be haughty to the humble, never be humble to the haughty.

Mark Twain
Inspirational, Humble, Humility

At 50, a man can be an ass without being an optimist but not an optimist without being an ass

Mark Twain
Inspirational, Funny, Clever
Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.14, Courier Corporation

'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read.

Mark Twain
Inspirational, Funny, Life
Following the Equator ch. 25, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" (1897)

Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts and happenings. It consists mainly ofthe storm of thought that is forever flowing through one's head.

Mark Twain
Inspirational, Life, Forever
"Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist".

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

Mark Twain
Inspirational, Courage, Integrity
Mark Twain (2013). “Autobiography of Mark Twain”, p.372, Univ of California Press

Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very"; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.

Mark Twain
Inspirational, Funny, Writing

The modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism is loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

Mark Twain
Inspirational, Country, Memorial Day
"The Czar's Soliloquy". Essay by Mark Twain, first published in The North American Review, No. DLXXX (p. 324), March 1905.

A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.

Mark Twain
Inspirational, Long, Expectations
Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.473, Courier Corporation

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know.

Mark Twain
Inspirational, Funny, Learning
Life on the Mississippi ch. 6 (1883)

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

Mark Twain
Inspirational, Inspiring, Education
Mark Twain (2015). “The Prince and the Pauper (StoneHenge Classics)”, p.154, StoneHenge Classics

Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.

Mark Twain
Inspirational, Funny, Sarcastic
Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 15, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" (1894)

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