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
charged worth
He was a preacher, too... and never charged nothing for his preaching, and it was worth it, too.
call charity master necessity results
What do you call love, hate, charity, revenge, humanity, magnanimity, forgiveness? Different results of the one master impulse: the necessity of securing one's self-approval
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There is a great deal of human nature in people.
bad book bring character good remain sealed side
There is a good side and a bad side to most people, and in accordance with your own character and disposition you will bring out one of them and the other will remain a sealed book to you
beginning execution
There is no end to the laws, and no beginning to the execution of them
bore crushed greatness people stared until
The people stared at us everywhere, and we stared at them. We bore down on them with America's greatness until we crushed them.
belly books-and-reading bread full mind shall shelter starved teachings worth
When I am king, they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved
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What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce.
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God puts something good and something lovable in every man His hands create.
breeding concealing consists good ourselves
Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
breeding concealing consists good
Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of our selves, and how little we think of the other person
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History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes
history repeat
History does not repeat itself. But it does rhyme.
glass nearly saw
He saw nearly all things as through a glass eye, darkly