There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.
MARK TWAINNever tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
More Mark Twain Quotes
-
-
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
MARK TWAIN -
The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.
MARK TWAIN -
A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.
MARK TWAIN -
I 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.
MARK TWAIN -
It 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.
MARK TWAIN -
Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
MARK TWAIN -
Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most.
MARK TWAIN -
Keep 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.
MARK TWAIN -
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
MARK TWAIN -
The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man’s.
MARK TWAIN -
The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.
MARK TWAIN -
In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.
MARK TWAIN -
Classic – a book which people praise and don’t read.
MARK TWAIN -
Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.
MARK TWAIN -
I must have a prodigious amount of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up!
MARK TWAIN