Mark Twain Quotes

“It is true, that which I have revealed to you; there is no God, no universe, no human race, no earthly life, no heaven, no hell. It is all a dream—a grotesque and foolish dream. Nothing exists but you. And you are but a thought—a vagrant...”

― Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger

topic:thought dream existence

“And when the middle of the afternoon came, from being a poor poverty-stricken boy in the morning, Tom was literally rolling in wealth.”

― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

topic:money

“right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain't got no business doing wrong when he ain't ignorant and knows better.”

― Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

topic:ignorance morality

“you can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”

― Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

topic:imagination eyes

“It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.”

― Mark Twain, Following the Equator

topic:enemy hurting

“Monday morning found Tom Sawyer miserable. Monday morning always found him so—because it began another week's slow suffering in school. He generally began that day with wishing he had had no intervening holiday, it made the going into captivity...”

― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

topic:boredom

“There are many humorous things in the world; among them the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages.”

― Mark Twain, Following the Equator

“Few of us can stand prosperity. Another man's, I mean.”

― Mark Twain, Following the Equator

topic:wealth

“Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.”

― Mark Twain, Following the Equator

topic:joy care grief

“I couldn't bear to think about it; and yet, somehow, I couldn't think about nothing else.”

― Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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