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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It is not worthwhile to try to keep history from repeating itself, for man's character will always make the preventing of the repetitions impossible
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History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes
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History does not repeat itself. But it does rhyme.
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Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
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History may not repeat, but it often rhymes.
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History doesn't repeat itself; it rhymes.
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Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself
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The past may not repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme
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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 is not best that we use our morals week days; it gets them out of repair for Sundays
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It is not best that we all should think alike, it is differences of opinion that make horse races.
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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