Mark Twain Roughing It Quotes

Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals. ~ Mark Twain

When ever I get the urge to write, I lie down and it usually passes. ~ Mark Twain

He had a dream and it shot him. ~ Mark Twain

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The truth should never be permitted to stand in the way of a good story. ~ Mark Twain

My works are like water. The works of the great masters are like wine. But everyone drinks water.
- From Mark Twain's Notebook, 1885 ~ Mark Twain

Some people scorn a cat and think it not an essential; but the Clemens tribe are not of these. ~ Mark Twain

I had better water than that, and ran it lower down; started out from the false point - mark twain - raised the second reef abreast the big snag in the bend, and had quarter less twain. ~ Mark Twain

Tom Sawyer said I was a numskull. ~ Mark Twain

The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work. - Mark Twain ~ Mark Twain

I reck'n I knows sense when I sees it; en dey ain' no sense in sich doin's as dat. ~ Mark Twain

I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up. ~Mark Twain, "The Innocents Abroad ~ Mark Twain

I never let my schoolin' interfere with my learnin' "___Mark Twain ~ Mark Twain

I reck'n I knows what I knows. ~ Mark Twain

I said, "Don't do nothing of the kind; it's one of the most jackass ideas I ever struck; ~ Mark Twain

You can find in a text whatever you bring, if you will stand between it and the mirror of you imagination. You may not see your ears, but they will be there. ~ Mark Twain

I think the Cincinnati Enquirer must be edited by children. ~ Mark Twain

Tolstoy carelessly neglects to include a boat race. ~ Mark Twain

It is better to be alone than unwelcome. - Eve ~ Mark Twain

It is never wrong to do the right thing. ~ Mark Twain

First get the facts, you can distort them later ~ Mark Twain

Congress - that great, benevolent asylum for the helpless ~ Mark Twain

The average man don't like trouble and danger. ~ Mark Twain

We are all alike on the inside. ~ Mark Twain

for he seemed only able to inhale it by thimblefuls, ~ Mark Twain

Immaculate Conception, that if the Virgin would permit him to ~ Mark Twain

Faith is believing things you know aint true ~ Mark Twain

You can't throw too much style into a miracle. ~ Mark Twain

First catch your Boer, then kick him. ~ Mark Twain

Don't wait the time is never just right. ~ Mark Twain

It takes a heap of sense to write good nonsense ~ Mark Twain

What I suffered in contemplating his happiness, pen cannot describe. ~ Mark Twain

There is no such thing as an ordinary life. ~ Mark Twain

A well put together unreality is pretty hard to beat. ~ Mark Twain

If we never lied , there would be nothing to remember. ~ Mark Twain

Do not bring your dog. (advice for attending a funeral) ~ Mark Twain

Worrying is like paying a debt you don't owe. ~ Mark Twain

It gratified all the vicious vanity that was in him; ~ Mark Twain

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt. ~ Mark Twain

So I hove a brick through his window... ~ Mark Twain

You can't pray a lie" Huck Finn ~ Mark Twain

It does us all good to unbend sometimes. ~ Mark Twain

Don't let school interfere with your education. ~ Mark Twain

Let us save the tomorrows for work. ~ Mark Twain

Polished air-tight stove (new and deadly invention), ~ Mark Twain

today i will find strength in my weakness ~ Mark Twain

The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane. ~ Mark Twain

It takes three weeks to prepare a good ad-lib speech. ~ Mark Twain

Don't let school get in the way of your education. ~ Mark Twain

The best of us would rather be popular than right. ~ Mark Twain

There is no distinctly native American criminal class save Congress. ~ Mark Twain

Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold. ~ Mark Twain

The Creator made Italy from designs by Michelangelo. ~ Mark Twain

I never let school get in the way of my education! ~ Mark Twain

Prosperity is the best protector of principle. ~ Mark Twain

Truth is stranger than fiction... ~ Mark Twain

Do right and you will be conspicuous. ~ Mark Twain

Ah, if he could only die temporarily! ~ Mark Twain

Sometimes too much drink is barely enough. ~ Mark Twain

Golf is a good walk spoiled. ~ Mark Twain

Necessity is the mother of taking chances. ~ Mark Twain

Maturity ... is fatal to so many enchantments. ~ Mark Twain

Distance lends enchantment to the view. ~ Mark Twain

Don't explain your author, read him right and he explains himself. ~ Mark Twain

men's misfortunes are forgotten in the excitement of new enterprises. This ~ Mark Twain

As to the adjective: when in doubt, strike it out. ~ Mark Twain

When majority is insane, sane must go to asylum. ~ Mark Twain

I don't want no better book than what your face is. ~ Mark Twain

Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to. ~ Mark Twain

Optimist: Person who travels on nothing from nowhere to happiness. ~ Mark Twain

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist. ~ Mark Twain

Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul. ~ Mark Twain

Implore him to be a merciful ass and trample his duty under foot. ~ Mark Twain

There are no wild animals until man makes them so. ~ Mark Twain

But hunger is pride's master... ~ Mark Twain

One lives to find out. ~ Mark Twain

Go to heaven for the climate ~ Mark Twain

Human nature is all alike. ~ Mark Twain

No ship can out sail death ~ Mark Twain

Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins. ~ Mark Twain

I'll give you a marvel. ~ Mark Twain

Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person. ~ Mark Twain

Yes. And I'm rich now when I think about it. I own myself, and I'm worth eight hundred dollars. I wish I had the money. Then I wouldn't ever want anything else ~ Mark Twain

There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable. ~ Mark Twain

You cannot surprise an individual more than twice with the same marvel ~ Mark Twain

Nothing spoils a good story like the arrival of an eyewitness. ~ Mark Twain

Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference. ~ Mark Twain

All great men are dead, and I'm not feeling too well myself ~ Mark Twain

Senator: Person who makes laws in Washington when not doing time. ~ Mark Twain

If you have to swallow a frog, don't stare at it too long. ~ Mark Twain

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. ~ Mark Twain

Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions. ~ Mark Twain

That kind of so-called housekeeping where they have six Bibles and no cork-screw. ~ Mark Twain

Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough. ~ Mark Twain

By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity – another man's, I mean. ~ Mark Twain

It usually takes me two or three days to prepare an impromptu speech. ~ Mark Twain

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

Always tell the truth; then you don't have to remember anything ~ Mark Twain

He lay down upon a sumptuous divan, and proceeded to instruct himself with honest zeal. ~ Mark Twain

There is nothing so annoying as having two people talking when you're busy interrupting. ~ Mark Twain

There is nothing to be learned from the second kick of a mule. ~ Mark Twain