Top 25 Quotes by Mark Twain of 2407 - Page 5

Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.9, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't.

Mark Twain

Music, Play, Gentleman

It is wiser to find out than to suppose.

Mark Twain

Life, Change, Intelligence

Mark Twain (1972). “Everyone's Mark Twain”

Some people give their problems swimming lessons instead of drowning them.

Mark Twain

Swimming, People, Giving

I saw a startling sight today, a politician with his hands in his own pockets.

Mark Twain

Sight, Hands, Today

Behind every successful man, there is a woman - And behind every unsuccessful man, there are two.

Mark Twain

Funny, Successful, Men

I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell - you see, I have friends in both places.

Mark Twain

Funny, Life, Friendship

Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.31, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.

Mark Twain

Motivational, Cute, Truth

Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.12, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.

Mark Twain

Truth, Inspirational Life, Fiction

I hate to hear people say this Judge will vote so and so, because he is a Democrat -- and this one so and so because he is a Republican. It is shameful. The Judges have the Constitution for their guidance; they have no right to any politics save the politics of rigid right and justice when they are sitting in judgment upon the great matters that come before them.

Mark Twain

Hate, People, Justice

Mark Twain (1960). “Mark Twain and the Government”

Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

Mark Twain

Funny, Fake People, Halloween

Following the Equator ch. 66, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" (1897)

Few things are more irritating than when someone who is wrong is also very effective in making his point.

Mark Twain

Humor, Ignorance, Politics

A photograph is a most important document, and there is nothing more damning to go down to posterity than a silly, foolish smile caught and fixed forever.

Mark Twain

Photography, Silly, Forever

Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.356, Courier Corporation