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
men expression honest
Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.
world authority fine-things
To be vested with enormous authority is a fine thing; but to have the on-looking world consent to it is finer.
men wealth servant
How unfortunate and how narrowing a thing it is for a man to have wealth who makes a god of it instead of a servant
inspiration fishing people
Don't tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish.
heart wish riches
I wish I could make him understand that a loving good heart is riches enough, and that without it intellect is poverty.
wisdom country freedom
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.
men civilization men-and-women
The peoples furthest from civilization are the ones where equality between man and woman are furthest apart-and we consider this one of the signs of savagery.
book autumn boys
In the ancient city of London, on a certain autumn day in the second quarter of the sixteenth century, a boy was born to a poor family of the name of Canty, who did not want him.
inspiration vapor reputation
Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.
decision bad-decision good-decision
Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from making bad decisions.
mean sunshine weather
He was sunshine most always-I mean he made it seem like good weather.
thinking bears
I couldn't bear to think about it; and yet, somehow, I couldn't think about nothing else.
wisdom garden eden
Adam was not alone in the Garden of Eden, however, and does not deserve all the credit; much is due to Eve, the first woman, and Satan, the first consultant.
real ideas tubs
Every improvement that is put upon the real estate is the result of an idea in somebody's head. The skyscraper is another idea; the railroad is another; the telephone and all those things are merely symbols which represent ideas. An andiron, a wash-tub, is the result of an idea that did not exist before.