Mark Twain Quotes
America's great humorist, author of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain's wit cut through pretence, and his reflections on courage, travel and cats are quoted everywhere. Below are 29 of the most loved Mark Twain quotes, chosen from across their works and letters. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.
The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
A full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Man is the only animal that blushes, or needs to.
Explore. Dream. Discover.
It is wiser to find out than to suppose.
Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter — happy birthday.
Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.
April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four.
Reality can be beaten with enough imagination.