Mark Twain Quotes

Mark Twain
Mark Twain
American Author
Born: Nov 30, 1835
Died: Apr 21, 1910
Good Life Man More People You
Related authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald Frederick Douglass Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Joseph Campbell Joyce Meyer Og Mandino Zig Ziglar
It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it. Mark Twain
Wonderful Would Find More Miss Been America
Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run. Mark Twain
Education Long Run More Long Run Massacre Deadly Soap Sudden
Better a broken promise than none at all. Mark Twain
Broken Better Promise None Than
I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up. Mark Twain
Me Intelligence Sometimes Mind Must Week Takes Make Quantity Up Much
Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do. Mark Twain
Work Whatever Consists Obliged Body Play
Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. Mark Twain
Work Evil Avoided Necessary Necessary Evil
It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected. Mark Twain
You Lie Better Neglected Take Around Does Than Belong
Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial 'we.' Mark Twain
People Presidents Kings Only Editorial Editors Use Right
It is my belief that nearly any invented quotation, played with confidence, stands a good chance to deceive. Mark Twain
Good Confidence Invented Deceive Any Quotation Good Chance Stands Belief Nearly Played Chance
When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people. Mark Twain
People Other Able Himself His Person Deceive Being Cannot Against Chance Chances
Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which, before their union, were not perceived to have any relation. Mark Twain
Marriage Before Relation Perceived Wit Ideas Were Any Which Union Sudden
Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks. Mark Twain
Good Business Risks Line Full
Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody. Mark Twain
Hurt Water Taken Moderation Anybody Cannot
Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written. Mark Twain
Man Clothes Written Himself Cannot Biographies Biography Buttons
George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie. Mark Twain
Youth Lie Could He Boy George Accomplishments George Washington Ignorant Even Washington
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