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
shame waste youth
Youth is wonderful. It's a shame to waste it on the young.
doubt rather remove silent speak stay
It's better to stay silent and look a fool, rather than speak and remove all doubt.
confirm people quiet talk
It's better to keep quiet and have people think you stupid, than to talk and confirm it.
dead free none permitted speak
None but the dead have free speech. None but the dead are permitted to speak truth.
mad madness man men wholly
No man has a wholly undiseased mind; in one way or another all men are mad
truth unworthy
Never tell the truth to those unworthy of it....
american-author till
Never put off till to-morrow what you can do day after to-morrow just as well.
born equality few horses
Not all horses were born equal. A few were born to win.
along anger dog lose lost takes time
It takes me along time to lose my temper, but once lost I could not find it with a dog
cocky education ignorance miserable path
Education is the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.
behave education mean means people teaching
Education does not mean teaching people to know what they do not know; it means teaching them to behave as they do not behave.
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Each of you, for himself, by himself and on his own responsibility, must speak. And it is a solemn and weighty responsibility, and not lightly to be flung aside at the bullying of pulpit, press, government, or the empty catchphrases of politicians. Each must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, and which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide against your convictions is to be an unqualified and inexcusable traitor, both to yourself and to your country, let man label you as they may. If you alone of all the nation shall decide one way, and that way be the right way according to your convictions of the right, you have done your duty by yourself and by your country- hold up your head! You have nothing to be ashamed of.
born breath last others possession values
Each person is born to one possession which out values all his others - his last breath
dark secrets shows side
Everyone is like a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.