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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I have a higher and greater standard of principle. Washington could not lie. I can lie but I won't.
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I am different from Washington. I have a higher, grander standard of principle. Washington could not lie. I can lie, but I won't.
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On Hawaii: The loveliest fleet of islands that lies anchored in any ocean
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A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes
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A lie can run around the world six times while the truth is still trying to put on its pants.
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I never could tell a lie that anybody would doubt, nor a truth that anybody would believe.
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The true charm of pedestrianism does not lie in the walking, or the scenery, but in the talking.
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It is often the case that the man who can't tell a lie thinks he is the best judge of one
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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.
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I said there was but one solitary thing about the past worth remembering and that was the fact that it is past - and can't be restored