Sayings and Quotes By Mark Twain - Page 2



When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.
Mark Twain

When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.
Mark Twain

When in doubt tell the truth.
Mark Twain

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

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one
Mark Twain

The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become”
Mark Twain

The more you explain it, the more I don’t understand it.
Mark Twain

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

There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.
Mark Twain

Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.
Mark Twain

Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary
Mark Twain

It is easier to stay out than get out.
Mark Twain

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

When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not.
Mark Twain

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.
Mark Twain

Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.
Mark Twain

It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not to deserve them.
Mark Twain

Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first.
Mark Twain

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.
Mark Twain

Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.
Mark Twain

The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.
Mark Twain

I have made it a rule never to smoke more that one cigar at a time.
Mark Twain

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
Mark Twain

I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.
Mark Twain

I make it a rule never to smoke while I’m sleeping.
Mark Twain

I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.
Mark Twain

All generalizations are false, including this one.
Mark Twain

Don’t say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream.
Mark Twain

Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Mark Twain

It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not to deserve them.
Mark Twain

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