“Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.”
Category Archives: Mark Twain
Mark Twain quotes
“What would men be without women? Scarce, sir…mighty scarce.”
“Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.”
“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.”
“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.”
“Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.”
“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.”
“Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.”
“I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.”
“I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”
“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”
“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”
“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”
“Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place.”
“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
‘Classic’ – a book which people praise and don’t read.
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”