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
thinking eclipse-of-the-sun half
An occultation of Venus is not half so difficult as an eclipse of the sun, but because it comes seldom the world thinks it's a grand thing.
reality anticipation poetry-is
The poetry is all in the anticipation, for there is none in reality.
real two giving
There are two reasons why anybody buys anything. The real reason, and the reason they give you.
stars sky lovely
It's lovely to live on a raft. We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them, and discuss about whether they was made or only just happened.
law succeed capacity
To succeed in the other trades, capacity must be shown; in the law, concealment of it will do.
inspiration wind sky
Authorship is not a trade, it is an inspiration; authorship does not keep an office, its habitation is all out under the sky, and everywhere the winds are blowing and the sun is shining and the creatures of God are free.
real intelligent others-opinions
Sane and intelligent human beings are like all other human beings, and carefully and cautiously and diligently conceal their private real opinions from the world and give out fictitious ones in their stead for general consumption.
may matter spirit
The Indian may seem poor to we rich Westerners but in matters of the spirit it is we who are the paupers and they who are millionaires.
country religious war
To be a patriot, one had to say, and keep on saying, "Our Country, right or wrong," and urge on the little war. Have you not perceived that that phrase is an insult to the nation?
inspirational life bullying
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
regret healing riding-your-bike
Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live.
inspirational glad worth-it
I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it again.
war boys people
But they (the infantry) had no use for boys of twelve and thirteen, and before I had a chance in another war, the desire to kill people to whom I had not been introduced had passed away.
war waste projectile
A wanton waste of projectiles.