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
lying bears different
There are 869 different forms of lying, but only one of them has been squarely forbidden. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
inspirational long lasts
A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.
best cheer somebody
The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer somebody else up.
thinking handsome utterance
Custom is, to think a handsome thing in private but tame it down in the utterance.
mean sleep done
Well enough for old folks to rise early, because they have done so many mean things all their lives they can't sleep anyhow.
book knives editors
This editor is a critic. He has pulled out his carving-knife and his tomahawk and is starting after a book which he is going to have for breakfast.
blood stranger choke
Where a blood relation sobs, an intimate friend should choke up, a distant acquaintance should sigh, a stranger should merely fumble sympathetically with his handkerchief.
inspiring one-day action
Your actions speak so much louder than words.
fall men giving
Sum all the gifts that man is endowed with, and we give our greatest share of admiration to his energy. And today, if I were a heathen, I would rear a statue to Energy and fall down and worship it!
care caste color creed human man nor prejudices race stand
I have no race prejudice. I think I have no color prejudices or caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. Indeed, I know it. I can stand any society. All that I care to know is that a man is a human being -- that is enough for me; he can't be any worse.
real knowledge wonderful
For all the talk you hear about knowledge being such a wonderful thing, instinct is worth forty of it for real unerringness.
lying want caught
You want to be very careful about lying; otherwise you are nearly sure to get caught.
wisdom men height
A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom when he can no longer be led by the nose.
men perfect insanity
...we all know that in all matters of mere opinion that [every] man is insane-just as insane as we are...we know exactly where to put our finger upon his insanity: it is where his opinion differs from ours....All Democrats are insane, but not one of them knows it. None but the Republicans. All the Republicans are insane, but only the Democrats can perceive it. The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.