Twain, Mark Archives - World Quotations

Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.

There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.

Biography

There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.

If to be interesting is to be uncommonplace, it is becoming a question, with me, if there are any commonplace people.

Commonplace

If to be interesting is to be uncommonplace, it is becoming a question, with me, if there are any commonplace people.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.

Courage

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.

We owe a deep debt of gratitude to Adam, the first great benefactor of the human race: he brought death into the world.

Death and Dying

We owe a deep debt of gratitude to Adam, the first great benefactor of the human race: he brought death into the world.

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

Education

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

Familiarity breeds contempt; and children.

Familiarity

Familiarity breeds contempt; and children.

I did not attend his funeral; but I wrote a nice letter saying I approved of it. [About a politician who had recently died]

Funerals

I did not attend his funeral; but I wrote a nice letter saying I approved of it. [About a politician who had recently died]

Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.

Heaven

Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.

I would rather have my ignorance than another man's knowledge, because I have so much of it.

Ignorance

I would rather have my ignorance than another man’s knowledge, because I have so much of it.

All I say is, kings is kings, and you got to make allowances. Take them all around, they're a mighty ornery lot. It's the way they're raised.

Kings

All I say is, kings is kings, and you got to make allowances. Take them all around, they’re a mighty ornery lot. It’s the way they’re raised.

One of the striking differences between a cat and a lie is that the cat has only nine lives.

Lies and Lying