Mark Twain Quotes

No sinner is ever saved after the first twenty minutes of a sermon.

Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks.

Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied.

The more you explain it, the more I don’t understand it.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it’s a sure sign you’re getting old.

Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there.

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.

Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.

Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.

A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read.

If you want to change the future, you must change what you’re doing in the present.

Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.

I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.