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Mark Twain91 quotes
Imagination labors best in distant fields. — Mark Twain · 1869Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it. — Mark Twain · 1897The report of my death was an exaggeration. — Mark Twain · 1897Loyalty to petrified opinions never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul. — Mark Twain · 1884Life does not consist mainly—or even largely—of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever blowing through one's head. — Mark Twain · 1910Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit. Thirty yards of board fence nine feet high. Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but a burden. — Mark Twain · 1876All 91 quotes →