55 Mark Twain Quotes

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Do you know who Mark Twain was? He was a man who was born in 1835 and who died in 1910. He was a writer, speaker, and comedian. He was also known by a pseudonym: Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He had great friendships and was well received by all thanks to his wit and his satire. He wrote highly successful works such as: "The Prince and the Pauper" or "A Yankee in the Court of King Arthur", although he is best known for his novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

In his sentences he makes it clear how society is full of inequalities but, in all his thoughts, he gives him a sense of transcendence that goes beyond cynicism ... you learn a lot from his words and they can even make you see life from a different perspective. His adventurous spirit made him see the world from a… different perspective. Do not miss his best phrases, enjoy his wit!

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Witty quotes from Mark Twain

  1. The man was made at the end of the week when God was tired.
  2. There are people who can do everything well except one; stop telling your happiness to the unhappy.
  3. It is easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.
  4. Getting started is the secret of getting ahead.
  5. Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
  6. Heaven is won by favors. If it were on merits, you would stay outside and your dog would come in.
  7. The banker is a man who lends us an umbrella when it is sunny and demands it when it starts to rain.
  8. Nobody gets rid of a habit or a vice by throwing it out of the window at once; You have to take it out by the ladder, step by step.
  9. A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
  10. If you don't read the newspaper, you are misinformed. If you read the newspaper, you are misinformed.
  11. Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it. SeaSamuel Langhorne Clemens
  12. All you need in this life is ignorance and trust; then success is assured.
  13. Stay away from people who are trying to lower your ambitions. Little people always do that, but really great people who feel like you can also become great.
  14. If you take a hungry dog ​​and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the main difference between a dog and man.
  15. I have experienced some terrible things in my life, many of which never really happened.
  16. You cannot trust your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
  17. The problem is not in dying for a friend, but in the search for a friend worth dying for.
  18. Better to keep your mouth shut and look stupid than to open it and confirm it.
  19. Few things are more difficult to bear than the annoyance of a good example.
  20. The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a firefly.
  21. To get the full value of joy you must have someone to share it with.
  22. Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government, when it deserves it.
  23. The truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is forced to stick to the possibilities; To be honest no.
  24. Of all the animals, man is the only one who is cruel. He is the only one who inflicts pain for the fun of it.
  25. I am not afraid of death. It has existed for billions and billions of years before I was born, and it hadn't had the slightest bit of inconvenience.
  26. What would men do without women? little sir ...
  27. Books are for people who want to be elsewhere.
  28. The most interesting information comes from the children, because they say everything they know, and then stop.
  29. Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.
  30. Do not let go of your illusions. When they are gone they may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
  31. Don't go around saying the world owes you something. The world owes you nothing. I was here first.
  32. Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then they will win you over with experience.
  33. Traveling is an exercise with fatal consequences for prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness.
  34. When you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to stop and reflect.
  35. Anger is an acid that can do more damage to the container in which it is stored than to anything it is poured into.
  36. The fear of death comes from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any moment. portrait of mark twain
  37. Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience - that's real life.
  38. December 28 reminds us of who we are during the other 364 days of the year.
  39. Every man is like the Moon: with a dark face that nobody teaches.
  40. The only way to stay healthy is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you would rather not do.
  41. Quitting smoking is easy. I've already quit a hundred times.
  42. The action speaks more than 1000 words but not as often.
  43. The age would be infinitely happier if we could be born at the age of 80 and gradually reach 18.
  44. Let us live in such a way that when we die, even the undertaker will repent.
  45. Age is a matter of mind over matter. If you don't care, it doesn't matter.
  46. All generalizations are false, including this one.
  47. Don't let school interfere with your education.
  48. There are people who achieve things and people who say they have achieved things. The first group is less frequent.
  49. Soap and education are not as effective as a massacre, but they are more lethal in the long run.
  50. Gratitude is a debt that normally accumulates, as happens with blackmail: more you pay and more they ask of you.
  51. A half truth is the most cowardly of lies.
  52. I don't want to commit to heaven and hell, I have friends in both places.
  53. When people don't respect us we feel offended.
  54. A person who does not read has no advantage over one who cannot read.
  55. It is better to deserve honors and not have them, than to have them and not deserve them.

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