Mark Twain

To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know because I've done it a thousand read more

To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know because I've done it a thousand times.

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so.

Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so.

The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform read more

The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a little, by way of example

I said there was nothing so convincing to an Indian as a general massacre. If he could not approve of read more

I said there was nothing so convincing to an Indian as a general massacre. If he could not approve of the massacre, I said the next surest thing for an Indian was soap and education. Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run; because a half-massacred Indian may recover, but if you educate him and wash him, it is bound to finish him some time or other.