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Mark Twain Quotes

Mark Twain quotes

American Author, Writer November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910

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There is no such thing as material covetousness. All covetousness is spiritual. ...Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol: you want it not for itself, but because it will content your spirit for the moment. Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of..."
Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with. Mark Twain
Total abstinence is so excellent a thing that it cannot be carried to too great an extent. In my passion for it I even carry it so far as to totally abstain from total abstinence itself. Mark Twain
So much blood has been shed by the Church because of an omission from the Gospel: "Ye shall be indifferent as to what your neighbor's religion is." Not merely tolerant of it, but indifferent to it. Divinity is claimed for many religions; but no religion is great enough or divine enough to add that new law to its code. Mark Twain
There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable, and smokable which has in any way acquired a shady reputation. They pay this price for health. And health is all they get for it. How strange it is. It is like paying out your whole fortune for a cow that has gone dry. Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play..."
Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do. Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "I don't want no better book than what your face is."
I don't want no better book than what your face is. Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss..."
Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat. Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "In Boston they ask, how much does he know? In New York, how..."
In Boston they ask, how much does he know? In New York, how much is he worth? In Philadelphia, who were his parents? Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "Work is a necessary evil to be avoided."
Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. Mark Twain
There are things which some people never attempt during their whole lives, but one of these is not poetry. Poetry attacks all human beings sooner or later, and, like the measles, is mild or violent according to the age of the sufferer. Mark Twain
Evidence ... proves that prohibition only drives drunkenness behind closed doors and into dark places, and it does not cure it or even diminish it. Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "Satan hasn't a single salaried helper; the Opposition employs..."
Satan hasn't a single salaried helper; the Opposition employs a million. Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "Of all animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the..."
Of all animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one who inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it. Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read."
A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read. Mark Twain

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