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 likely that any complete life has ever been lived which was not a failure in the secret judgment of the person that lived it
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The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven.
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Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside
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It is not in the least likely that any life has ever been lived which was not a failure in the secret judgment of the person who lived it.
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We have infinite trouble in solving man-made mysteries; it is only when we set out to discover "the secret of God" that our difficulties disappear.
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The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow.
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The secret of making progress is to get started.
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The secret to success: find out where people are going and get there first
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Make your vocation your vacation. That is the secret to success.
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The vast majority of the race, whether savage or civilized, are secretly kind-hearted and shrink from inflicting pain, but in the presence of the aggressive and pitiless minority they don't dare to assert themselves.
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Everyone is like a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
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A conspiracy is nothing but a secret agreement of a number of men for the pursuance of policies which they dare not admit in public
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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