1871 - Mark Twain quotes

I haven't done quotes in awhile. Who better to quote than Mark Twain?

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

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

Be careless in your dress if you will, but keep a tidy soul.

But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?

Don't let schooling interfere with your education.

Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.

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

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

Man - a creature made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.

Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.

There are lies, damned lies and statistics.

To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.



And then one that could be a Bilbo quote... It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress.

And finally an old quote that applies best to modern blogging... I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.