Mark Twain Quotes and Sayings

“I can live for two months on a good compliment.” – Mark Twain

“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 man.” – Mark Twain

“Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.” – Mark Twain

“He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.”
– Mark Twain

“When angry, count four. When very angry, swear.” – Mark Twain

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. Mark Twain

“The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice.” – Mark Twain

“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.” – Mark Twain

“Honor is a harder master than the law.” – Mark Twain

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.” – Mark Twain

“Love seems the swiftest but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century.” – Mark Twain

“Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe.” – Mark Twain