Mark Twain Quotes · Page 2
1835 – 1910
American author and humorist famous for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. His sharp wit and social commentary remain as relevant as ever.
42 quotesAbout Mark Twain on Wikipedia
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, but your government only when it deserves it.”
“It may be called the Master Passion—the hunger for Self-Approval.”
“Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.”
“Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.”
“If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.”
“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.”
“I haven't a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming petty vices whatsoever.”
“He had only one vanity; he thought he could give advice better than any other person.”
“Your race, in its poverty, has unquestionably one really effective weapon—laughter.”
