Wisdom Quote by Mark Twain — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.”

“So I learned then, that gold in it's native state is but dull, unornamental stuff, and that only low-born metals excite the admiration of the ignorant with an ostentatious glitter. However, like the rest of the world, I still go underrating men of gold and glorifying men of mica. Commonplace human nature cannot rise above that.”

“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.”

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”

“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.”

“Everytime I read 'Pride and Prejudice' I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone.”

“Being the light of the world is about being a broken, exploding, scarred star and shining a light of hope and inspiration to everyone around you.”

“Be a craftsman in speech that thou mayest be strong, for the strength of one is the tongue, and speech is mightier than all fighting.”

“Perhaps the rare and simple pleasure of being seen for what one is compensates for the misery of being it.”

“[Dialogue between Solon and an Egyptian Priest]”

“Wisdom must yield to superstition's rules,”

“One must not make too much of anything in life, good or bad.”