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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When angry, count four; when very angry, swear
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The past may not repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme
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Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.
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It put our energies to sleep and made visionaries of us - dreamers and indolent... It is good to begin life poor; it is good to begin life rich - these are wholesome; but to begin it prospectively rich! The man who has not experienced it cannot imagine the curse of it.
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In 'Huckleberry Finn,' I have drawn Tom Blankenship exactly as he was. He was ignorant, unwashed, insufficiently fed; but he had as good a heart as ever any boy had.
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Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul.
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I never smoke to excess - that is, I smoke in moderation, only one cigar at a time.
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The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven.
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Do not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish.
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The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter - 'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.
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I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
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The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives.
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It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races.
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Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.