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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A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom that he can no longer be lead by the nose.
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. . . a man must not hold himself aloof from the things which his friends and his community have at heart if he would be liked . . .
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A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself as a liar
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Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
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Almost any man worthy of his salt would fight to defend his home, but no one ever heard of a man going to war for his boarding house
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A man's private thought can never be a lie; what he thinks, is to him the truth, always
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A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn by no other way
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America is built on a tilt, and everything loose slides towards California.
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There is no use in walking five miles to fish when you can depend on being just as unsuccessful near home.
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There is nothing you can say in answer to a compliment. I have been complimented myself a great many times, and they always embarrass me --I always feel that they have not said enough.
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There ought to be a room in every house to swear in
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You should never do anything wicked and lay it on your brother, when it is just as convenient to lay it on some other boy
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You shouldn't try to teach a pig to sing. You waste your time and it annoys the pig.
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Adam was the luckiest man; he had no mother-in-law.