Quotes- Mark Twain

In my list of quotes I have a few patches of quotes from the same individual. Mark Twain is one of my favorites.


It’s not the size of the dog in the fight; it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
-Mark Twain

Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.
-Mark Twain

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
-Mark Twain

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

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

Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.
-Mark Twain

It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not to deserve them.
-Mark Twain

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

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
-Mark Twain

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
-Mark Twain

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.
-Mark Twain

There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.
-Mark Twain

What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce.
-Mark Twain

When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
-Mark Twain

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