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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There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one: keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy
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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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The true charm of pedestrianism does not lie in the walking, or the scenery, but in the talking.
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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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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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I have a higher and greater standard of principle. Washington could not lie. I can lie but I won't.
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Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
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It's good sportsmanship not to pick up lost balls while they are still rolling
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I shall not often meddle with politics, because we have a political Editor who is already excellent and only needs to serve a term or two in the penitentiary to be perfect
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Any mummery will cure if the patient's faith is strong in it.
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A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain
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Man - a creature made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.
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Human beings feel dishonor the most, sometimes, when they most deserve it