Quotes about Mark Twain
I do see that there is an argument against suicide: the grief of the worshipers left behind, the awful famine in their hearts, these are too costly terms for the release.
- Mark Twain
A soiled baby with a neglected nose cannot be conscientiously regarded as a thing of beauty.
- Mark Twain
Of the demonstrably wise there are but two: those who commit suicide, & those who keep their reasoning faculties atrophied with drink.
- Mark Twain
The spirits of the dead hallow a house, for me.
- Mark Twain
Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing the matter with this, except that it ain't so.
- Mark Twain
There is no unhappiness like the misery of sighting land (and work) again after a cheerful, careless voyage.
- Mark Twain
I put in these parentheses to signify a complicated wink — you understand?
- Mark Twain
You may honestly feel grateful that homeopathy survived the attempts of the allopaths (orthodoxy) to destroy it.
- Mark Twain
That kind of so-called housekeeping where they have six Bibles and no cork-screw.
- Mark Twain
We chase phantoms half the days of our lives. It is well if we learn wisdom even then, and save the other half.
- Mark Twain
Consider the average intelligence of the common man, then realize 50% are even stupider.
- 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