Mark Twain Consists Quotations

Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thought that is forever flowing through one's head.

Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of our selves, and how little we think of the other person

Religion consists of a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain

Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned

Ours is a mongrel language which started with a child's vocabulary of three hundred words, and now consists of two hundred and twenty-five thousand; the whole lot, with the exception of the original and legitimate three hundred, borrowed, stolen, smo

If He Tom Sawyer had been a great and wise philosopher, like the writer of this book, he would now have comprehended that Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do and Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.

The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.