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 I reflect upon the number of disagreeable people who I know who have gone to a better world, I am moved to lead a different life.
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A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom that he can no longer be lead by the nose.
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Enthusiasm is caught, not taught.
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If we learned to walk and talk the way we learn to read and write, everyone would limp and stutter.
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I try never to let my schooling get in the way of my education.
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I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.
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There are those who would misteach us that to stick in a rut is consistency - and a virtue, and that to climb out of the rut is inconsistency - and a vice.
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A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.
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A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
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I think a compliment ought to always precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and insures for the complaint a courteous and gentle reception.
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It has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain when awake
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It isn't so astonishing the number of things that I can remember, as the number of things that I can remember that aren't so.
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It is not likely that any complete life has ever been lived which was not a failure in the secret judgment of the person that lived it
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Last week I stated that this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister and now wish to withdraw that statement.