Quotes from Mark Twain
I am the entire human race compacted together. I have found that there is no ingredient of the race which I do not possess in either a small way or a large way.
— Mark Twain
Is the human race a joke? Was it devised and patched together in a dull time when there was nothing important to do?
— Mark Twain
The secret of success is making your vocation your vacation.
— Mark Twain
One must travel, to learn.
— Mark Twain
In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language.
— Mark Twain
Lord save us all from old age and broken health and a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.
— Mark Twain
A little lie can travel half way 'round the world while Truth is still lacing up her boots.
— Mark Twain
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
— Mark Twain
Always tell the truth. That way you don't have to remember what you said.
— Mark Twain
The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies.
— Mark Twain
Love is madness, if thwarted it develops fast.
— Mark Twain
I fell in love with the most cordial and sociable city in the Union.
— Mark Twain