" Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered – either by themselves or by others. "

Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs. "

Mark Twain, Following the Equator US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" In Marseilles they make half the toilet soap we consume in America, but the Marseillaise only have a vague theoretical idea of its use, which they have obtained from books of travel. "

Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody. "

Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" If the desire to kill and the opportunity to kill always came together, who would escape hanging? "

Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" I have spent most of my time worrying about thigs that have never happened. "

Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" Familiarity breeds contempt – and children. "

Mark Twain, Notebooks (1935) US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact. "

Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" 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. "

Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. "

Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race. "

Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre but they are more deadly in the long run. "

Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" There are times when one would like to end the whole human race, and finish the farce. "

Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion. "

Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat. "

Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. "

Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours. "

Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them. "

Mark Twain, Notebook, 1935 US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" Those who say truth is stranger than fiction have wasted their time on poorly written fiction. "

Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" Principles have no real force except when one is well fed. "

Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up. "

Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" Familiarity breeds contempt – and children.

" Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. "

Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" All say, “How hard it is that we have to die”–a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live. "

Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer. "

Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. "

Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" I was born modest. Not all over, but in spots. "

Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" Heaven goes by favour. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in. "

Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" Virtue has never been as respectable as money. "

Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. "

Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

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