“ 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
“ Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion--several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his thr… Mark Twain
“ We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it and stop there lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove lid agai… Mark Twain
“ When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened. It is… Mark Twain
“ The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also. Mark Twain
“ Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. Mark Twain
“ It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them. Mark Twain
“ It is not best that we should all think alike it is a difference of opinion that makes horse races. Mark Twain
“ We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stovelid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid ag… Mark Twain
“ Deep down in me I knowed it was a lie and He knowed it. You can't pray a lie-I found that out. Mark Twain
“ 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
“ To be satisfied with what one has that is wealth. As long as one sorely needs a certain additional amount that man isn't rich. Mark Twain
“ The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money. Mark Twain
“ To get the right word in the right place is a rare achievement. To condense the diffused light of a page of thought into the luminous flash of a single sentence, is worthy to rank as a prize compositi… Mark Twain
“ This nation is like all the others that have been spewed upon the earth--ready to shout for any cause that will tickle its vanity or fill its pocket. What a hell of a heaven it will be when they get a… Mark Twain
