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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There is nothing so annoying as a good example!!
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A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.
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What God lacks is convictions- stability of character. He ought to be a Presbyterian or a Catholic or something- not try to be everything.
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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
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Supposing is good, but finding out is better.
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It is noble to teach oneself; it is still nobler to teach others.
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There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.
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Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.
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Experience comes from bad judgment.
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Some people give their problems swimming lessons instead of drowning them.
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The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man's.
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When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
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Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.
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To lodge all power in one party and keep it there is to insure bad government and the sure and gradual deterioration of the public morals.