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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Man is the master of the unspoken word, which spoken, is master of him.
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There are no mistakes in life, there are only lessons to be learned: Adivce to the Youth.
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When you cannot get a compliment in any other way pay yourself one.
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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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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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Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
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Let us be grateful to Adam, our benefactor. He cut us out of the 'blessing'' of idleness and won for us the ''curse'' of labor.
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Let us be grateful to Adam, our benefactor. He cut us out of the ''blessing'' of idleness and won for us the ''curse'' of labor.
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The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession, what there is of it
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A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom that he can no longer be led by the nose
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You try to tell me anything about the newspaper business! Sir, I have been through it from Alpha to Omaha, and I tell you that the less a man knows the bigger the noise he makes and the higher the salary he commands.
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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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...It is hard to overestimate how far a man can go in America if he looks good on a horse.
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A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself as a liar