Mark Twain Trail

“Drag your thoughts away from your troubles… by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.”  Mark Twain

“Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life.”  Mark Twain

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”  Mark Twain

“Laughter without a tinge of philosophy is but a sneeze of humor. Genuine humor is replete with wisdom.”  Mark Twain

“You can’t reason with your heart; it has its own laws, and thumps about things which the intellect scorns.”  Mark Twain

“To the young American, here or elsewhere, the paths to fortune are innumerable and all open; There is invitation in the air and success in all his wide horizon.”  The Gilded Age, Mark Twain

“I said it was a brutal thing.” “No, it was a human thing. You should not insult the brutes by such a misuse of that word; they have not deserved it.”  The Mysterious Stranger, Mark Twain

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“When I am king they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.”  The Prince and The Pauper, Mark Twain