Mark Twain

The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

Communication • Humor • Rumors

I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

Absence • Approval • Communication

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Communication • Empathy • Kindness

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Conformity • Reflection

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

Honesty • Integrity • Memories

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.

Humor • Politics • Sarcasm

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Confidence • Ignorance • Life

Man was made at the end of the week's work, when God was tired.

Man was made at the end of the week's work, when God was tired.

Creation • Fatigue • Human

Loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

Loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

Government • Loyalty • Nation

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

Innovation • Motivational • Risk

The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for.

The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for.

Friendship • Loyalty • Relationships

God created war so that Americans would learn geography.

God created war so that Americans would learn geography.

Creation • Geography • God

In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.

In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.

Nature • Seasons • Weather

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

Health • Mortality • Reading

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

Health

Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.

Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.

Economics • Truth

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.

Culture • Travel

It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.

It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.

Fiction • Truth

Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.

Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.

Blessings • Humor

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

Age • Happiness • Life