Tag Archive: The Mark Twain Trail

“But not many would think of that. They would think of it next day, but that is the difference between talent and the imitation of it. Talent thinks of it at the time.”  Mark Twain

“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.”  Mark Twain

“Do not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don’t tell them where they know the fish.”  Mark Twain

“It is from experiences such as mine that we get our education of life. We string them into jewels or into tinware, as we may choose.” Mark Twain

“What is the most rigorous law of our being?  Growth.”  Mark Twain

“Now you begin to see, don’t you, that distance ain’t the thing to judge by, at all; it’s the time it takes to go the distance in that counts….It’s a matter of proportion, that’s what it is; and when you come to gauge a thing’s speed by its size, where’s your bird and your man and your railroad alongside of a flea?….A flea is just a comet, b’iled down small.”  Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer Abroad, 1894

“…drag your thoughts away from your troubles–by the ears, by the heels, or any other way, so you can manage it; it’s the healthiest thing a body can do.”  Mark Twain