Quotes by Mark Twain’s motivation - 9

Paying tribute to the authors whose words continue to live on

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.

Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.

We are all alike, on the inside.

It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.

The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven.

Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written.

Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.

Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.

Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run.

To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.

The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner.

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

I have made it a rule never to smoke more that one cigar at a time.

To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.

Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old secondhand diamonds than none at all.

We Americans... bear the ark of liberties of the world.

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