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
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.
climbing learning-something-new hiking
Experience comes from bad judgment.
swimming giving people
Some people give their problems swimming lessons instead of drowning them.
dog men animal
The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man's.
love funny motivational
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.
good-life inspiration humor
Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.
party government deterioration
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.
music play gentleman
A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't.
death suicide inspiration
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.
nature men chastity
Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them.