Mark Twain Quotes

The secret of getting ahead is getting started

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure

The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time

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

Honesty is the best policy—when there is money in it

It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt

To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life

The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t

Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry

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