Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Let us endeavor to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Man is the only animal that blushes, or needs to.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) Everybody drinks water.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Only presidents, editors and people with tapeworm have the right to use the editorial 'we'.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
People born to be hanged are safe in water.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) 's Mother
Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very"; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
