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
ignorance world bliss
If ignorance is bliss, why isn't the world happier?
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No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot
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The Book of Mormon is chloroform in print
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I was educated once - it took me years to get over it.
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When your opinions start to coincide with those of the majority, it is time to reconsider your opinions.
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The truth is a precious commodity. That's why I use it so sparingly.
teach
You can't no more teach what you ain't learned than you can come from where you ain't been.
law people sausage
People who love sausage and respect the law should never watch either being made.
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Forgiveness is the smell that lavender gives out when you tread on it
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Don't just sit there and worry. Be proactive. Do something - anything - about what's worrying you so you can gain information, focus and control over the situation. I've suffered a great many catastrophes in my life. Most of them never happened.
knowing government ass
Each nation knowing it has the only true religion and the only sane system of government, each despising all the others, each an ass and not suspecting it.
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It is curious and interesting to notice what an attraction a fussy, mincing, nickel-plated word has for you.
lying traveler drivel
But we love the Old Travelers. We love to hear them prate and drivel and lie.
humans pathetic
Everything human is pathetic