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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Experience comes from bad judgment.
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Some people give their problems swimming lessons instead of drowning them.
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The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man's.
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When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
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Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.
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To lodge all power in one party and keep it there is to insure bad government and the sure and gradual deterioration of the public morals.
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A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't.
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I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.
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Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
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Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them.
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The secret of getting ahead is getting started
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Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.
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The citizen who sees his society's democratic clothes being worn out and does not cry it out, is not a patriot, but a traitor.
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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.