Historic Humanist Series

Mark Twain

A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.
By trying, we can easily learn to endure adversity--another man's, I mean.
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know.
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
Man is the only animal that blushes--or needs to.
Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
Be careful of reading health books, you might die of a misprint.
The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.
Wagner's music is better than it sounds.
When in doubt, tell the truth.
Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.
Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.