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
happiness philosophy ambition
The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will then be a happy and a virtuous people.
inspirational birthday good-morning
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
dog men animal
I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me.
mistake people baths
It is a mistake that there is no bath that will cure people's manners, but drowning would help.
lying half world
A little lie can travel half way 'round the world while Truth is still lacing up her boots.
fitness-motivational joy comparison
Comparison is the death of joy.
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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
courage acting spite
Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.
music witty humorous
Wagner’s music is better than it sounds.
life change intelligence
It is wiser to find out than to suppose.
literature forbidden-fruit forbidden-things
The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become.
vacation secret vocation
Make your vocation your vacation. That is the secret to success.
atheist thug if-there-is-a-god
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.