quotes by Mark Twain

"Dance like no one is watching.
Sing like no one is listening.
Love like you've never been hurt
and live like it's heaven on Earth."
— Mark Twain

"Always tell the truth. That way, you don't have to remember what you said."
— Mark Twain

"The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."
— Mark Twain

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."
— Mark Twain

"Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. "
— Mark Twain

"Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow."
— Mark Twain

"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."
— Mark Twain

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
— Mark Twain

"Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away."
— Mark Twain

"Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint."
— Mark Twain

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."
— Mark Twain

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. "
— Mark Twain

"I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said I don't know."
— Mark Twain

"Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it."
— Mark Twain

"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter."
— Mark Twain

"In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them."
— Mark Twain

"Don't part with your illusions.
When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live."
— Mark Twain

"Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't."
— Mark Twain

"Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company."
— Mark Twain

"Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very"; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be."
— Mark Twain