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.
#101
"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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#102
"The finest clothing made is a person's own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this."
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#103
"Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run."
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#104
"To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble."
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#105
"Do not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish."
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#106
"The human race is a race of cowards, and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner."
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#107
"Loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it."
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#108
"What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin."
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#109
"It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand."
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#110
"Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside."
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#111
"Let us endeavor so to live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry."
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#112
"The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter."
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#113
"When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain."
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#114
"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live."
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#115
"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter - 'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning."
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#116
"Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid."
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#117
"Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education."
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#118
"Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it."
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#119
"There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable."
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#120
"When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself."
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