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
new-york men mark
Make your mark in New York and you are a made man.
american-author funny men mighty
What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce.
among authors dying great habit mentioned name sad sorry
I was sorry to have my name mentioned among the great authors because they have a sad habit of dying off
born heads knew men millions nor passed philosophy single
I knew I should not find in any philosophy a single thought which had not passed through my own head, nor a single thought which had not passed through the heads of millions and millions of men before I was born
loyalty men should-have
Loyalty is a word which has worked vast harm; for it has been made to trick men into being "loyal" to a thousand iniquities, whereas the true loyalty should have been to themselves - in which case there would have ensured a rebellion, and the throwing off of that deceptive yoke.
eye simple men
I have seen an entire family lifted out of poverty and into affluence by the simple boon of a broken leg. I have had people come to me on crutches, with tears in their eyes, to bless this beneficient institution. In all my experiences of life, I have seen nothing so seraphic as the look that comes into a freshly mutilated man's face when he feels in his vest pocket with his remaining hand and finds his accident ticket all right.
father son men
What is the chief end of man?-to get rich. In what way?-dishonestly if we can; honestly if we must. Who is God, the one and only true? Money is God. Gold and Greenbacks and Stock-father, son, and ghosts of same, three persons in one; These are the true and only God, mighty and supreme.
men play gentleman
A gentleman is a man who can play the banjo, but doesn't.
friendship men perfect
An enemy can partly ruin a man, but it takes a good-natured injudicious friend to complete the thing and make it perfect.
funny uncles men
A man with a hump-backed uncle mustn't make fun of another man's cross-eyed aunt
jobs men venture
When a humorist ventures upon the grave concerns of life he must do his job better than another man or he works harm to his cause.
women men knows
Men are easily dealt with--but when you get the women started, you are in for it, you know.
men religion want
What a man wants with religion in these breadless times, surpasses my comprehension.
party men political
In truth I care little about any party's politics—the man behind it is the important thing.