{"id":6074,"date":"2022-07-27T22:31:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T17:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/?p=6074"},"modified":"2022-07-27T22:31:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T17:01:42","slug":"quotes-by-mark-twain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/quotes-by-mark-twain\/","title":{"rendered":"70 Best Quotes By Mark Twain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every life has its ups and downs. We all have our own personal struggles to deal with. But have you ever wondered what a famous person would say about your current situation? Here are some of the best quotes by Mark Twain, who had quite a few things to say about life.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mark Twain was one of the most popular and well-known authors of his time. His books were widely read and his wit and humor were enjoyed by many. <\/span><\/p>\n

He was also a strong critic of American society and its often hypocritical values. His most famous books include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.<\/span><\/p>\n

Best quotes by Mark Twain:<\/span><\/h2>\n

1. \u201cIf you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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2. \u201cGood friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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3. \u201cWhenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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4. \u201cThe man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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5. \u201cNever put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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6. \u201cThe fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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7. \u201cA lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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8. \u201cNever tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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9. \u201cKeep 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.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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10. \u201cIn a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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11. \u201cSubstitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very;’ your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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12. \u201cDon\u2019t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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13. \u201cI did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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14. \u201cI was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn\u2019t know.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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15. \u201cNever allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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16. \u201cThe difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. \u2019tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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17. \u201cI do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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18. \u201cTruth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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19. \u201cWrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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20. \u201cBooks are for people who wish they were somewhere else.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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21. \u201cSanity and happiness are an impossible combination.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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22. \u201cDon’t part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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23. \u201cEveryone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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24. \u201cYou can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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25. \u201cIf you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you’re mis-informed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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26. \u201cAlways do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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27. \u201cCourage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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28. \u201cKindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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29. \u201cThe trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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30. \u201cI’ve lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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31. \u201cEducation: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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32. \u201cThe best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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33. \u201cThe easy confidence with which I know another man’s religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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34. \u201cThe worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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35. \u201cAll you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. \u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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36. \u201cThe secret to getting ahead is getting started.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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37. \u201cHistory doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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38. \u201cA clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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39. \u201cGet your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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40. \u201cThe two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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41. \u201cForgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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42. \u201cOut of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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43. \u201cNever argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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44. \u201cI have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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45. \u201cTo get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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46. \u201cOf all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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47. \u201cThe most interesting information come from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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48. \u201cAnger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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49. \u201cWhen we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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50. \u201cThe human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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51. \u201cAlways acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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52. \u201cI’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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53. \u201cThere is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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54. \u201cEat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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55. \u201cReality can be beaten with enough imagination.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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56. \u201cEducation consists mainly of what we have unlearned.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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57. \u201cPart of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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58. \u201cIt is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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59. \u201cIt’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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60. \u201cAction speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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61. \u201cIt’s better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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62. \u201cNever argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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63. \u201cIt takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart: the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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64. \u201cThe right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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65. \u201cObscurity and a competence\u2014that is the life that is best worth living.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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66. \u201cThunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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67. \u201cA half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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68. \u201cIn the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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69. \u201cBe good and you will be lonesome.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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70. \u201cLet us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Related:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

43 Motivational Abraham Lincoln Quotes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

30 Nelson Mandela Quotes on Life<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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