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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Too much of anything is bad, but too much of good whiskey is barely enough.
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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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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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How lucky Adam was. He knew when he said a good thing, nobody had said it before.
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God has put somrthing noble and good into every heart His hand created.
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There is a good side and a bad side to most people, and in accordance with your own character and disposition you will bring out one of them and the other will remain a sealed book to you
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God puts something good and something lovable in every man His hands create.
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Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
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Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of our selves, and how little we think of the other person
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Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.
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The plan of the newspaper is good and wise; when you can't get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one
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New Year's Day - Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.
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Rail-splitting produced an unparalleled president in Lincoln. But gold hasn't produced even a good A-1 congressman.
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The catfish is Plenty good enough fish for anyone