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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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
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Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.
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Wagner’s music is better than it sounds.
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It is wiser to find out than to suppose.
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The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become.
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Make your vocation your vacation. That is the secret to success.
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If there is a God, he is a malign thug.
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I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know.
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If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.
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In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.
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Stripping away the irrational, the illogical, and the impossible, I am left with atheism. I can live with that.
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Laughter is the greatest weapon we have and we, as humans, use it the least.
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One gains at least two to three times more experience grabbing the tiger by the tail than reading about it in a book.
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If your only tool is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail.