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

“Be wise as a serpent and wary as a dove!”

“I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.”

“Whoever is happy will make others happy, too.”

“Always tell the truth. That way, you don't have to remember what you said.”

“Happiness is a sunset - it is there for all, but most of us look the other way and lose it.”

“Adam was but human—this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent; then he would have eaten the serpent.”

“It is when we are faced with death that we turn most bookish.”

“Now, your Honor, I have spoken about the war. I believed in it. I don’t know whether I was crazy or not. Sometimes I think perhaps I was. I approved of it; I joined in the general cry of madness and despair. I urged men to fight. I was safe because I was too old to go. I was like the rest. What did they do? Right or wrong, justifiable or unjustifiable -- which I need not discuss today -- it changed the world. For four long years the civilized world was engaged in killing men. Christian against Christian, barbarian uniting with Christians to kill Christians; anything to kill. It was taught in every school, aye in the Sunday schools. The little children played at war. The toddling children on the street. Do you suppose this world has ever been the same since? How long, your Honor, will it take for the world to get back the humane emotions that were slowly growing before the war?”

“He looked like a man who could survive a couple of flesh wounds, but then so had Achilles and Caesar.”

“If I could make a dream real, I would not kill anything unless it could never be changed at heart.”

“Man (and woman) has an infinite capacity for self-development. Equally, he has an infinite capacity for self-destruction. A human being may be clinically alive and yet, despite all appearances, spiritually dead.”