At age 62 I am just now discovering what a great writer Mark Twain was. Here are a few examples of his wisdom.
Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.Mark Twain
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
Mark Twain
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain
Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.
Mark Twain
Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable.
Mark Twain
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
Mark Twain
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
Mark Twain
Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
Mark Twain
Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.
Mark Twain
Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.
Mark Twain
Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place.
Mark Twain
I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.
Mark Twain
I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying that I approved of it.
Mark Twain
I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.
Mark Twain
I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.
Mark Twain
I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
Mark Twain
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
Mark Twain
I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.
Mark Twain
