Mark Twain Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

326 Famous Quotes by Mark Twain
“Do your duty today and repent tomorrow”
Duty Quotes
“I've never let my school interfere with my education.”
Education Quotes
“It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you”
Enemies Quotes
“It is curious - curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare”
Ethics Quotes
“Etiquette requires us to admire the human race”
Etiquette Quotes
“Etiquette tip: More people will get out of your way if you say "I'm gonna puke!" than if you say "Excuse me".”
Etiquette Quotes
“While the rest of the species is descended from apes, redheads are descended from cats.”
Evolution Quotes
“Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.”
Example Quotes
“Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.”
Example Quotes
“I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.”
Exercise Quotes
“Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar with it.”
Familiarity Quotes
“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.”
Fiction Quotes
“Sacred cows make the best hamburger”
Food Quotes
“God, grant me the Senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference”
Fortune Quotes
“Frankness is a jewel; only the young can afford it”
Frankness Quotes
“Love is when two people know everything about eachother and are still friends.”
Friendship Quotes
“I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”
Funerals Quotes
“Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself”
Funny Quotes
“Be good and you will be lonesome”
Goodness Quotes
“He gossips habitually; he lacks the common wisdom to keep still that deadly enemy of man, his own tongue”
Gossip Quotes
“Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive and nefarious kind of government ever heard of on earth.”
Government Quotes
“Be good and you will be lonely”
Greatness Quotes
“The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.”
Health Quotes
“Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.”
Heaven Quotes
“Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.”
Hell Quotes