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Mark Twain: Laughter is the...

Mark Twain: Laughter is the...

Laughter is the greatest weapon we have and we, as humans, use it the least.

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Mark Twain: It is discouraging...

Mark Twain: It is discouraging...

It is discouraging to try and penetrate a mind like yours. You ought to get it out and dance on it. That would take...

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Mark Twain: Reports of my...

Mark Twain: Reports of my...

Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.

Source: Cable to the Associated Press...

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Mark Twain: On with dance,...

Mark Twain: On with dance,...

On with dance, let joy be unconfined, is my motto; whether there's any dance to dance or any joy to...

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Mark Twain: The cross of...

Mark Twain: The cross of...

The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that...

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Mark Twain: Some of his...

Mark Twain: Some of his...

Some of his words were not Sunday-school words.

Source: A Tramp Abroad, Ch....

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Mark Twain: Tell the truth...

Mark Twain: Tell the truth...

Tell the truth or trump -- but get the trick.

Source:
-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30...

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Mark Twain: The older we...

Mark Twain: The older we...

The older we grow the greater becomes our wonder at how much ignorance one can contain without bursting one's...

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Mark Twain: There is a...

Mark Twain: There is a...

There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.

Source:...

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Mark Twain: There are times...

Mark Twain: There are times...

There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce.

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Mark Twain: We have not...

Mark Twain: We have not...

We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when...

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Mark Twain: We should be...

Mark Twain: We should be...

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...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: There comes a...

Arthur Conan Doyle: There comes a...

There comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: Mediocrity knows nothing...

Arthur Conan Doyle: Mediocrity knows nothing...

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

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Erica Jong: And the trouble...

Erica Jong: And the trouble...

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

Source: In...

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Erica Jong: Writing is one...

Erica Jong: Writing is one...

Writing is one of the few professions left where you take all the responsibility for what you do. It's really...

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George Moore: A literary movement...

George Moore: A literary movement...

A literary movement consists of five or six people who live in the same town and hate each other...

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G K Chesterton: Just the other...

G K Chesterton: Just the other...

Just the other day in the Underground I enjoyed the pleasure of offering my seat to three...

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G K Chesterton: Education is the...

G K Chesterton: Education is the...

Education is the period during which I was being instructed by somebody I did not know, about something I did not want...

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G K Chesterton: Man seems to...

G K Chesterton: Man seems to...

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping...

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