Samuel Langhorne Clemens aka Mark Twain was born on November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri, and died on April 21, 1910, in Redding, Connecticut. He is famous humorist, journalist, lecturer, and novelist who acquired international fame for his travel narratives. At the age of 11, Samuel’s father died. To help the family, Samuel quit school and went to work as an apprentice for a printer. Twain married Olivia Langdon in 1870. They had three daughters and one son. During his long career, Twain wrote at least 28 books in addition to many, many short stories. he died of a heart attack on April 21, 1910. Here are Mark Twain Quotes about Life and Relationship.
Mark Twain Quotes
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
‘Classic’–a book which people praise and don’t read.”
“The funniest things are forbidden.”
“There are no people who are quite so vulgar as the over-refined.”
“When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.”
“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”
“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.”
“Don’t wake up a woman in love. Let her dream, so that she does not weep when she returns to her bitter reality.”
“Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.”
“It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.”
“If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you’re misinformed.”
“You can’t reason with your heart; it has its own laws, and thumps about things which the intellect scorns.”
“The only very marked difference between the average civilized man and the average savage is that the one is gilded and the other is painted.”
“The secret of success is making your vocation your vacation.”
“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”
“The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for.”
“Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.”
“No real gentleman will tell the naked truth in the presence of ladies.”
“Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.”
“Laughter without a tinge of philosophy is but a sneeze of humor. Genuine humor is replete with wisdom.”
“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
“What do we call love, hate, charity, revenge, humanity, forgiveness? Different results of the master impulse, the necessity of securing one’s self-approval.”
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
“Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.”
“The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become until he goes abroad.”
“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.”
“When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.”
“What would men be without women? Scarce, sir…mighty scarce.”
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, then success is sure.”
“It is noble to teach oneself, but still nobler to teach others—and less trouble.”
“To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.”
“It liberates the vandal to travel—you never saw a bigoted, opinionated, stubborn, narrow-minded, self-conceited, almighty mean man in your life but he had stuck in one place since he was born and thought God made the world and dyspepsia and bile for his especial comfort and satisfaction.”
“Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very;’ your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”
“Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life.”
“A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.”
“Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.”
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”
“I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”
“Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.”
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“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”
“Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.”
“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”
Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”
“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”
“I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.”
“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. ’tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”
“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.
“Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.”
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.”
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.”
I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”
“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.”
“God created war so that Americans would learn geography.”
Let us endeavour so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. Let us endeavour so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.
You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
Always obey your parents when they are present.
The lack of money is the root of all evil.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.
Better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.
A man’s character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful of your life.
Life is short, break the rules. Forgive quickly, kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably and never regret anything that makes you smile.
Do something every day that you don’t want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.
Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.
I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can’t find anybody who can tell me what they want.
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you would rather have talked.
It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts or happenings. It consist mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever flowing through one’s head.
Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered – either by themselves or by others.