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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The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession, what there is of it
distort facts
Get the facts first. You can distort them later.
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Cold! If the thermometer had been an inch longer we'd have frozen to death.
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The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice
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Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear, and the blind can read
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Keep away from small people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
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It is noble to teach oneself, but still nobler to teach others - and less trouble
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Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
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I even ate in the famous clubhouse twice and stood right next to Jack Nicklaus there!
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On Hawaii: The loveliest fleet of islands that lies anchored in any ocean
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Education is the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.
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Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place.
till tomorrow
Do not put off till tomorrow what can be put off till day-after-tomorrow just as well
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Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great.