Quotes from Mark Twain
Criminal Minds, All You Can Eat: "Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it."
— Mark Twain
Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.
— Mark Twain
Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.
— Mark Twain
The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes.
— Mark Twain
Don't say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream.
— Mark Twain
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
— Mark Twain
There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.
— Mark Twain
The older I get, the more clearly I remember things that never happened.
— Mark Twain
You may honestly feel grateful that homeopathy survived the attempts of the allopaths (orthodoxy) to destroy it.
— Mark Twain
Age enlarges and enriches the powers of some musical instruments - notably those of the violin - but it seems to set a piano's teeth on edge.
— Mark Twain
In all the ages, three-fourths of the support of the great charities has been conscience money.
— Mark Twain
This is the year 1492. I am eighty-two years of age. The things I am going to tell you are things which I saw myself as a child and as a youth.
— Mark Twain