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
honesty six sometimes
Honesty is often the best policy, but sometimes the appearance of it is worth six of it.
girl book hero
Heroine: Girl in a book who is saved from drowning by a hero and marries him next week, but if it was to be over again ten years later it is likely she would rather have a life-belt and he would rather have her have it. Hero: Person in a book who does things which he can't and girl marries him for it.
gratitude two band
Gratitude and treachery are merely the two extremities of the same procession. You have seen all of it that is worth staying for when the band and the gaudy officials have gone by.
wine jugs needs
Good wine needs no bush; a jug is the thing.
answers golden made
Golden rule: Made of hard metal so it could stand severe wear, it not being known at that time that butter would answer.
firsts boers kicks
First catch your Boer, then kick him.
railroads benefits half
Benefit of clergy: Half-rate on the railroad.
suicide balloons observation
Balloon: Thing to take meteroric observations and commit suicide with.
differences focus genius
It is impossible that a genius - at least a literary genius - can ever be discovered by his intimates; they are so close to him that he is out of focus to them and they can't get at his proportions; they can't perceive that there is any considerable difference between his bulk and their own.
writing play cards
If I'd seen a playwright ever write an' play at the same time, I'd have given 'em more of a chance at cards. Can I get an 'amen?'
law lawyer protect
The law is a system that protects everybody who can afford to hire a good lawyer.
departed matter would-be
If they [the dead] should speak, it would be found that in matters of opinion no departed person was exactly what he had passed for in life. They would realise, deep down, that they, and whole nations along with them, are not really what they seem to be-and never can be.
liberty trials good-things
Trial by jury is the palladium of our liberties. I do not know what a palladium is, but I am sure it is a good thing!
moral cigar five
I have only one moral precept; never smoke more than five cigars at a time.