Mark Twain

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.

Deception • Honesty • Integrity

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

Acceptance • Age • Mindfulness

If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.

If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.

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.

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.

Animals • Compassion • Human

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Gratitude • Humility • Motivational

Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.

Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.

Education • Food

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

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

Death • Fear • Life

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

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

Courage • Human • Morality

Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.

Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.

Education • Growth • Improvement

You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.

You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.

Imagination • Perception

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

Age • Beauty • Happiness

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Ambition • Influence • Motivational

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

Education • Learning • Schooling

Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.

Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.

Relationships • Respect

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

Age • Fatherhood • Relationships

Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

Awareness • Human • Privacy

The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.

The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.

Education • Knowledge • Reading

'Classic' - a book which people praise and don't read.

'Classic' - a book which people praise and don't read.

Criticism • Reading

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Motivational • Productivity • Success

When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.

When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.

Humor • Philosophy • Psychology