If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
It is by the fortune of God that, in this country, we have three benefits: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and the wisdom never to use either.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
It takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
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)
The Bible has noble poetry in it; and some clever fables; and some
blood-drenched history; and a wealth of obscenity; and upwards of a
thousand lies.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
There is nothing so annoying as to have two people talking when you're busy interrupting.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
