You would be surprised how many people type in Mark Twain quotes in their Google search bar. The guy is still relevant, and his thoughts written over 100 years ago still strike a chord with many people today. Born in 1835, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by his pseudonym of Mark Twain, remains one of the greatest novelists and humorists that America has ever produced. To this day, quotes by Mark Twain are repeated from memory by many worldwide. However, the author's intelligent quotes are far from the only thing he left behind. Nowadays praised as a civil rights activist, Twain has left a worldwide legacy that has continued since his death over 100 years ago.
Not only has Twain inspired the American literary canon, but he also influenced American culture, and the writer's quotes remain practical to this day. His written works challenged and brought to light the issues America faced in the nineteenth century, such as imperialism, racism, class barriers, access to education, and much more. Two of his perhaps best-known works, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, indirectly addressed the many problems of American culture. These novels are where many of Twain's popular quotes are derived from.
Twain was a brilliant person who had a curious mind and soul of a wanderer and traveled a lot throughout his life. Some folks even regard him as one of the greatest geniuses of all time. After all, there are not that many powerful quotes by famous people that seemingly make it to every other presentation or a public speech. Well, the quotes from Mark Twain do. Want to deliver a killer speech? Or get your creative juices flowing and activate 100 percent of your brain power? We've got you.
#61
"A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds."
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#62
"India has 2,000,000 gods and worships them all. In religion, all other countries are paupers; India is the only millionaire."
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#63
"Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned."
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#64
"Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities."
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#65
"Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat."
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#66
"Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old secondhand diamonds than none at all."
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#67
"I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened."
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#68
"Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't."
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#69
"Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been."
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#70
"If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first."
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#71
"The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice."
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#72
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts."
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#73
"Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it."
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#74
"When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people."
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#75
"The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all."
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#76
"Don't let schooling interfere with your education."
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#77
"A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation."
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#78
"The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated."
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#79
"It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech."
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#80
"In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours."
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