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
race admire etiquette
Etiquette requires us to admire the human race.
play chess done
What work I have done I have done because it has been play. If it had been work I shouldn't have done it.
humility race insult
The institution of royalty in any form is an insult to the human race.
supposing-that guessing goes-on
Some things you can't find out; but you will never know you can't by guessing and supposing: no, you have to be patient and go on experimenting until you find out that you can't find out.
ignorant body knows
Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better.
love-is statistics products
Love is not a product of reasonings and statistics. It just comes-none knows whence-and cannot explain itself.
success your-best-friend
There's always something about your success that displeases even your best friends.
courage believe bravery
To believe yourself brave is to be brave; it is the one only essential thing.
funny life death
I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
inspirational strength happiness
Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.
literature improvement enough
Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value.
love-you enemy scare
Love your enemy, it will scare the hell out of them.
inspiration humorous men
There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages.
wise witty kindness
Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.