Mark Twain quotes

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read.

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

‘Classic.’ A book which people praise and don’t read.

Don’t let schooling interfere with your education.

Don’t tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don’t tell them where they know the fish.

Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.

I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Mark Twain quotes part 2

Man is the only animal that blushes – or needs to.

Never put off till to-morrow what you can do day after to-morrow just as well.

Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits.

Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run.

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.

The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.