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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Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And hain't that a big enough majority in any town?
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As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.
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There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.
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He is now rising from affluence to poverty.
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Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.
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Humor must not professedly teach and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live forever.
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We Americans... bear the ark of liberties of the world.
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Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old secondhand diamonds than none at all.
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Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.
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To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.
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I have made it a rule never to smoke more that one cigar at a time.
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Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written.
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Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.
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Don't say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream.