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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Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities
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His liberties were totally unrestricted, ... He was the only really independent person - boy or man - in the community, and by consequence he was tranquilly and continuously happy and envied by the rest of us.
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I haven't a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming vices
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I never could tell a lie that anybody would doubt, nor a truth that anybody would believe.
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I, Mark Twain being of sound mind, have spent everything
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I have told him all I know about it. And now he knows nothing about it himself.
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I have traveled more than any one else, and I have noticed that even the angels speak English with an accent
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In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, Brave, Hated, and Scorned. When his cause succeeds however,the timid join him, For then it costs nothing to be a Patriot.
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If you think knowledge is dangerous, try ignorance
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But we are fearfully and wonderfully made, and we glorious Americans will occasionally astonish the God that created us when we get a fair start
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I learned long ago never to say the obvious thing, but leave the obvious thing to commonplace and inexperienced people to say
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In his private heart no man much respects himself.
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India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. Our most valuable and most astrictive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only!
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In discarding the monkey and substituting man, our Father in Heaven did the monkey an undeserved injustice