Quotes by Mark Twain

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

Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn’t.

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities Truth isn’t.

Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.

If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.

It’s no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.

A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.

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

Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very’ your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.

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