Quotes from Mark Twain | Manly Chunks of Wisdom
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“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain
“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”
― Mark Twain
“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
― Mark Twain
“Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.”
― Mark Twain
“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”
― Mark Twain
“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”
― Mark Twain
“Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.”
― Mark Twain
“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
― Mark Twain
“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain
“Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.”
― Mark Twain
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
― Mark Twain
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
― Mark Twain
“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
― Mark Twain
“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”
― Mark Twain
“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.”
― Mark Twain
“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.”
― Mark Twain
“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
“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”
― Mark Twain
