Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't. Mark Twain on truth
Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. Mark Twain on work
Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired. Mark Twain on work
Thunder is good, thunder is impressive but it is lightning that does the work. Mark Twain on work
Man - a creature made at the end of the week's work when God was tired. Mark Twain on work
Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do. Mark Twain on work
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. Mark Twain on memorial day
Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough. Mark Twain on new years
The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young. Mark Twain on age
There has never been an intelligent person of the age of sixty who would consent to live his life over again. His or anyone else Mark Twain on age
The man who sets out to carry a cat by its tail learns something that will always be useful and which never will grow dim or doubtful. Mark Twain on animals
If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat. Mark Twain on animals
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit on a hot stove lid again and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. Mark Twain on animals
Man is the only man that blushes. Or needs to. Mark Twain on animals
A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape. Mark Twain on conformity
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. Mark Twain on courage
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. Mark Twain on education
Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education. Mark Twain on education
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it—and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again—and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. Mark Twain on experience
Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. Mark Twain on father