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
art attitude expression
A good legible label is usually worth, for information, a ton of significant attitude and expression in a historical picture.
art men self
As a thinker and planner the ant is the equal of any savage race of men; as a self-educated specialist in several arts she is the superior of any savage race of men; and in one or two high mental qualities she is above the reach of any man, savage or civilized!
art inspiration home
Italy is the home of art and swindling; home of religion and moral rottenness
art philosophy animal
There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce.
education art lying
Some authorities hold that the young ought not to lie at all. That, of course, is putting it rather stronger than necessary; still, while I cannot go quite so far as that, I do maintain, and I believe I am right, that the young ought to be temperate in the use of this great art until practice and experience shall give them that confidence, elegance and precision which alone can make the accomplishment graceful and profitable.
art difficult prophecy
The art of prophecy is very difficult, especially with respect to the future.
art two space
Cooper's art has some defects. In one place in 'Deerslayer,' and in the restricted space of two-thirds of a page, Cooper has scored 114 offences against literary art out of a possible 115. It breaks the record.
art men car
...mastery of the art and spirit of the Germanic language enables a man to travel all day in one sentence without changing cars.
art stars power
If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of star dust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way. Properly the Jew ought hardly to be heard of, but he is heard of, has always been heard of. He is as prominent on the planet as any other people, and his commercial importance is extravagantly out of proportion to the smallness of his bulk. His contributions to the world's list of great names in literature, science, art, music, finance, medicine, and abstruse learning are also away out of proportion to the weakness of his numbers.
art book beer
Just the omission of Jane Austen's books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it.
artist waiting messages
The easy part of being an artist is figuring out the message that everyone else is ready to hear. The hard part is waiting for the proper lull to make the announcement.
horse art ordinary
I can always tell which is the front end of a horse, but beyond that, my art is not above the ordinary.
art fire virtue
The weakest of all weak things is a virtue that has not been tested in the fire.
art people ignorant
It is a gratification to me to know that I am ignorant of art... Because people who understand art find nothing in pictures but blemishes...