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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The rain is famous for falling on the just and unjust alike, but if I had the management of such affairs I would rain softly and sweetly on the just, but if I caught a sample of the unjust out doors I would drown him
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There is an old-time toast which is golden for its beauty. "When you ascend the hill of prosperity may you not meet a friend.
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Human beings feel dishonor the most, sometimes, when they most deserve it
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Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place.
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Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear, and the blind can read
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Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the and the blind can see
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Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great.
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Keep away from small people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
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Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people alwaysdo that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
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He would go to Halifax for half a chance to show off and he would go to hell for a whole one
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He has been a doctor a year now and has had two patients, no, three, I think / yes, it was three; I attended their funerals.
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He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it- namely, in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain
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Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy must have somebody to divide it with.
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Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.