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.
#81
"It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them."
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#82
"Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand."
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#83
"Lord save us all from old age and broken health and a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms."
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#84
"Grief can take care if itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with."
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#85
"The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right."
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#86
"The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane."
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#87
"As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake."
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#88
"Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which, before their union, were not perceived to have any relation."
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#89
"I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way."
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#90
"When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not."
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#91
"The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become."
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#92
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."
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#93
"There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded."
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#94
"All generalizations are false, including this one."
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#95
"My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it."
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#96
"Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today."
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#97
"If the world comes to an end, I want to be in Cincinnati. Everything comes there ten years later."
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#98
"God made the Idiot for practice, and then he made the School Board."
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#99
"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them."
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#100
"Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul."
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