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Mark Twain Quotes

«He is now rising from affluence to poverty.»
Author: Mark Twain (Humorist, Lecturer, Writer) | About: Poverty | Keywords: affluence
«A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom that he can no longer be led by the nose»
«He would go to Halifax for half a chance to show off and he would go to hell for a whole one»
«He is useless on top of the ground; he ought to be under it, inspiring the cabbages»
«I was sorry to have my name mentioned among the great authors because they have a sad habit of dying off»
«There are no people who are quite so vulgar as the over-refined»
Author: Mark Twain (Humorist, Lecturer, Writer) | Keywords: refined
«I could have made a neat retort but didn't, for I was flurried and didn't think of it till I was downstairs»
«Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.»
Author: Mark Twain (Humorist, Lecturer, Writer) | Keywords: heels
«Often, the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth»
«It is your human environment that makes climate»
Author: Mark Twain (Humorist, Lecturer, Writer) | About: Humanity | Keywords: climate