"I like the truth sometimes, but I..." - Quote by Mark Twain

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

“There's nobody for me to attack in this matter even with soft and gentle ridicule-and I shouldn't ever think of using a grown up weapon in this kind of a nursery. Above all, I couldn't venture to attack the clergymen whom you mention, for I have their habits and live in the same glass house which they are occupying. I am always reading immoral books on the sly, and then selfishly trying to prevent other people from having the same wicked good time.”

“There is no salvation for us but to adopt Civilization and lift ourselves down to its level.”

“One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.”

“Truth and nonviolence are perhaps the activest forces you have in the world.”

“Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.”

“Daphne knows, with equal ease, How to vex and how to please; But the folly of her sex Makes her sole delight to vex.”

“Sane and intelligent human beings are like all other human beings, and carefully and cautiously and diligently conceal their private real opinions from the world and give out fictitious ones in their stead for general consumption.”

“The fact is that the average man's love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth... Liberty is not a thing for the great masses of men. It is the exclusive possession of a small and disreputable minority, like knowledge, courage and honor. It takes a special sort of man to understand and enjoy liberty - and he is usually an outlaw in democratic societies.”