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
law heaven suffering
It is plain that there is one moral law for heaven and another for the earth. The pulpit assures us that wherever we see suffering and sorrow, which we can relieve and do not, we sin, heavily. There was never yet a case of suffering or sorrow which God could not relieve. Does He sin then?
heaven religion lasts
Heaven is the very last place to come to rest and don't you be afraid to bet on that!
writing editors austria
In Austria an editor who can write well is valuable, but he is not likely to remain so unless he can handle a sabre with charm.
editors clothes legs
That is a society editor, sitting there elegantly dressed, with his legs crossed in that indolent way, observing the clothes the ladies wear, so that he can describe them for his paper and make them out finer than they are and get bribes for it and become wealthy.
smart editors envy
Another editor. That thing behind his ear is his pencil. Whenever he finds a bright thing in your manuscript he strikes it out with that. That does him good, and makes him smile and show his teeth, the way he is doing in the picture. This one has just been striking out a smart thing, and now he is sitting there with his thumbs in his vest-holes, gloating. They are full of envy and malice, editors are.
discovery interesting trying
If there wasn't anything to find out, it would be dull. Even trying to find out and not finding out is just as interesting as trying to find out and finding out; and I don't know but more so.
discovery years europe
In our day we don't allow a hundred and thirty years to elapse between glimpses of a marvel. If somebody should discover a creek in the county next to the one that the North Pole is in, Europe and America would start fifteen costly expeditions thither; one to explore the creek, and the other fourteen to hunt for each other.
kings wish proud
Honest poverty is a gem that even a king might be proud to call his own - but I wish to sell out
common senses
Love heightens all senses - except the common.
waiting
Don't wait the time is never just right.
hero would-be admire
We find not much in ourselves to admire, we are always privately wanting to be like somebody else. If everybody was satisfied with himself, there would be no heroes
together may telephones
I hope all of us may eventually be together in everlasting peace and bliss -- except the inventor of the # telephone .
vacation vocation
Make your vacation your vocation.
weather littles done
A great, great deal has been said about the weather, but very little has ever been done.