The funniest things are the forbidden.
~ Mark Twain

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The easy confidence with which I know another man’s religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.
~ Mark Twain

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It is not wise to keep the fire going under a slander unless you can get some large advantage out of keeping it alive. Few slanders can stand the wear of silence.
~ Mark Twain

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The best of us would rather be popular than right.
~ Mark Twain

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The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
~ Mark Twain

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Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.
~ Mark Twain

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France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country.
~ Mark Twain

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Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.
~ Mark Twain

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Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
~ Mark Twain

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Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion — several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn’t straight.
~ Mark Twain

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