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 is noble to teach oneself, but still nobler to teach others - and less trouble
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Education does not mean teaching people to know what they do not know; it means teaching them to behave as they do not behave.
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It is nobler to be good, and it is nobler to teach others to be good -- and less trouble!
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You shouldn't try to teach a pig to sing. You waste your time and it annoys the pig.
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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.
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Human beings feel dishonor the most, sometimes, when they most deserve it
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Love is a madness; if thwarted it develops fast.