Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyerand its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the latter often called "The Great American Novel"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth30 November 1835
CountryUnited States of America
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To stop smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know; I've done it a thousand times.
There is a lot to say in her favor, but the other is more interesting.
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There is nothing so annoying as to have two people talking when you're busy interrupting.
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There is no such thing as ''the Queen's English.'' The property has gone into the hands of a joint stock company and we own the bulk of the shares!
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There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.
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What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself
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Thunder is impressive, but it is lightning that does the work.
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Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does all the work
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Thrusting my nose firmly between his teeth, I threw him heavily to the ground on top of me
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What's the use you learning to do right, when it's troublesome to do right and ain't no trouble to do wrong, and the wages is just the same?
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When a man is known to have no settled convictions of his own he can't convict other people
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There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life that he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure
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There has been only one Christian. They caught and crucified him early.
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Morals are an acquirement - like music, like a foreign language, like piety, poker, paralysis - no man is born with them.