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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Write without pay until somebody offers to pay you. If nobody offers within three years, sawing wood is what you were intended for.
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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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When you cannot get a compliment in any other way pay yourself one.
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You must not pay a person a compliment, and then straightway follow it with a criticism.
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In love, you pay as you leave.
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None but an ass pays a compliment and asks a favour at the same time. There are many asses.
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We despise no source that can pay us a pleasing attention.
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Gratitude is a debt which usually goes on accumulating like blackmail; the more you pay, the more is exacted.
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If you can't get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one.
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Write without pay until somebody offers to pay.
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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