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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What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin
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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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Conscience takes up more room than all the rest of a person's insides.
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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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It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
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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 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 usually takes me three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech
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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
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Last week I stated that this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister and now wish to withdraw that statement.
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I said there was but one solitary thing about the past worth remembering and that was the fact that it is past - and can't be restored