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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A little lie can travel half way 'round the world while Truth is still lacing up her boots.
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Comparison is the death of joy.
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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
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Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.
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Wagner’s music is better than it sounds.
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It is wiser to find out than to suppose.
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The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become.
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Make your vocation your vacation. That is the secret to success.
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If there is a God, he is a malign thug.
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I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know.
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If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.
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Man is the only slave. And he is the only animal who enslaves. He has always been a slave in one form or another, and has always held other slaves in bondage under him in one way or another. In our day, he is always some man's slave for wages, and does that man's work; and this slave has other slaves under him for minor wages, and they do his work. The higher animals are the only ones who exclusively do their own work and provide their own living.
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Sane and intelligent human beings are like all other human beings, and carefully and cautiously and diligently conceal their private real opinions from the world and give out fictitious ones in their stead for general consumption.
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In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.