Quotes from Mark Twain

History doesn't repeat itself; it rhymes.

History may not repeat, but it often rhymes.

America cannot have an empire abroad and a Republic at home.

Italy is the home of art and swindling; home of religion and moral rottenness

By "trampling upon the helpless abroad" with unchecked surveillance, Americans have learned, "by a natural process, to endure with apathy the like at home."

Honesty: The best of all the lost arts.

Of all the animals, man is the only one that lies.

Always tell the truth; then you don't have to remember anything

The best of all lost arts is honesty

Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have the man looked honest enough.

Honor is a harder master than the law.

Doesn't make any difference who we are or what we are, there's always somebody to look down on.

It is your human environment that makes climate

To eat is human, to digest, divine

Well, there are times when one would like to hang the whole human race and finish the farce.

It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.

A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.

What is Man? Man is a noisome bacillus whom Our Heavenly Father created because he was disappointed in the monkey.

Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.

Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.