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
hands comforting trying
Eternal rest sounds comforting in the pulpit; well, you try it once, and see how heavy time will hang on your hands.
lying men grace
The lie, as a virtue, a principle, is eternal; the lie, as a recreation, a solace, a refuge in time of need, the fourth Grace, the tenth Muse, man's best and surest friend is immortal
prayer taken dust
In prayer we call ourselves 'worms of the dust', but it is only on a sort of tacit understanding that the remark shall not be taken at par.
perception republican mass
No one has ever seen a Republican mass meeting that was devoid of the perception of the ludicrous.
brother blue eight
Conductor, when you receive a fare, Punch in the presence of the passenjare. A blue trip slip for an eight-cent fare, A buff trip slip for a six-cent fare, A pink trip slip for a three-cent fare, Punch in the presence of the passenjare! Punch, brothers! punch with care! Punch in the presence of the passenjare!
strong history people
History teaches us that whenever a weak and ignorant people possess a thing which a strong and enlightened people want, it must be yielded up peaceably.
facts emotion seven
It is easier to manufacture seven facts out of whole cloth than one emotion.
ignorance self perception
Ignorance, intolerance, egotism, self-assertion, opaque perception, dense and pitiful chuckle headedness - and an almost pathetic unconsciousness of it all, that is what I was at nineteen and twenty.
four deeds twenties
I never did a thing in all my life, virtuous or otherwise that I didn't repent of within twenty-four hours.
men republic life-is
Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is wrong. There is no other time.
talking cows audience
It is my custom to keep on talking until I get the audience cowed.
land feet america
All the territorial possessions of all the political establishments in the earth--including America, of course-- consist of pilferings from other people's wash. No tribe, howsoever insignificant, and no nation, howsoever mighty occupies a foot of land that was not stolen.
conceited men sea
If there is one thing that will make a man peculiarly and insufferable self-conceited, it is to have his stomach behave itself, the first day at sea, when nearly all his comrades are seasick.
favors flattery compliment
Do not offer a compliment and ask a favor at the same time. A compliment that is charged for is not valuable.