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
sanity reason preserves
for business reasons, I must preserve the outward signs of sanity.
ignorance knowing not-knowing
Ignorance is not, not knowing something. It is knowing what isn't so.
inspirational inspiring education
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
telling-the-truth
None but the dead are permitted to tell the truth.
leadership consistency ruts
There are those who would misteach us that to stick in a rut is consistency - and a virtue, and that to climb out of the rut is inconsistency - and a vice.
travel land cheerful
There is no unhappiness like the misery of sighting land (and work) again after a cheerful, careless voyage.
truth literature valuable
Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.
pain angel men
Man is without doubt the most interesting fool there is. He concedes that God made the angels immune from pain and death, and that he could have been similarly kind to man, but denies that he was under any moral obligation to do so.
inspirational success smart
Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.
inspirational-life life-lesson anger
When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.
writing editors crafts
Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very"; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.
fire looks
Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself.
men long satisfaction
To be satisfied with what one has; that is wealth. As long as one sorely needs a certain additional amount, that man isn't rich.
inspiration rainy-day garden
Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.