Mark Twain: Trending quotes (page 25)

“Drag your thoughts away
from your troubles…
by the ears, by the heels,
or any other way you can manage it.”

“Honesty: The best of all the lost arts.”

“Distance lends enchantment to the view.”

“Just the omission of Jane Austen's books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it.”

“It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.”

“The less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it”

“Jim said that bees won't sting idiots, but I didn't believe that, because I tried them lots of times myself and they wouldn't sting me.”

“Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.”

“Adam, at Eve's grave: Wheresoever she was, THERE was Eden.”

“It usually takes me two or three days to prepare an impromptu speech.”

“Don't say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream.”

“There is nothing so annoying as having two people talking when you're busy interrupting.”

“Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable.”

“I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them have never happened.”

“Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.”

“Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessaries.”

“April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four..”

“Familiarity breeds contempt — and children.”

“The older I get, the more clearly I remember things that never happened.”