Anonymous Quote

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.

Often attributed to Mark Twain

Earliest reference for the quotation found in: The Independent, Volume 64 (1908), p. 258. Supposedly, "an old philosopher has carved over a mantel in his home" these words.


I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.