Quotes from Mark Twain

Criminal Minds, All You Can Eat: "Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it."

Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is to undo that work again!

Synergy - the bonus that is achieved when things work together harmoniously.

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

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

Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.

He charged nothing for his preaching and it was worth it too.

What work I have done I have done because it has been play. If it had been work I shouldn't have done it.

If work were so pleasant, the rich would keep it for themselves.

Begin with the determination to succeed and the work is half done already.

The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes.

Don't say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream.

The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives.

Love: the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

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

There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.

All generalizations are false, including this one.

In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.

"In the spring I have counted one hundred and thirty-six different kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours."

The man who does not read books has no advantage over the man that cannot read them.

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.

The older I get, the more clearly I remember things that never happened.