Mark Twain

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the hide.

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them.

The commonest ailment of the human mind is the self-deception that leads to an inability to see things as they are.

The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.

If Christ were here now there is one thing he would not be—a Christian.

I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't go out with Halley's Comet.

Let us endeavor to live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.

To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.

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.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

Classic. A book which people praise and don't read.