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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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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It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you
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It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
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Conscience takes up more room than all the rest of a person's insides.
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Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place.
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It takes an enemy and a friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart. The one to slander you, and the other to get the news to you.
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It takes me along time to lose my temper, but once lost I could not find it with a dog
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Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
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It's good sportsmanship not to pick up lost balls while they are still rolling
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I shall not often meddle with politics, because we have a political Editor who is already excellent and only needs to serve a term or two in the penitentiary to be perfect
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I am different from Washington. I have a higher, grander standard of principle. Washington could not lie. I can lie, but I won't.
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Any mummery will cure if the patient's faith is strong in it.
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A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain
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Man - a creature made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.