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
religion atheism impossible
Stripping away the irrational, the illogical, and the impossible, I am left with atheism. I can live with that.
laughter laughing weapons
Laughter is the greatest weapon we have and we, as humans, use it the least.
book reading two
One gains at least two to three times more experience grabbing the tiger by the tail than reading about it in a book.
tools looks nails
If your only tool is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail.
example annoying good-examples
There is nothing so annoying as a good example!!
inspirational success education
A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.
god character catholic
What God lacks is convictions- stability of character. He ought to be a Presbyterian or a Catholic or something- not try to be everything.
inspirational life positive
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
men practice strange
Strange is the man who practices his religion.
supposing-that experience findings
Supposing is good, but finding out is better.
teaching noble stills
It is noble to teach oneself; it is still nobler to teach others.
inspirational life nature
There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.
inspirational leadership character
A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
life positivity today
Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.