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
clothes reason
We must put up with clothes as they are they have their reason for existing. They are on us to expose us to advertise what we wear them to conceal.
men clothes crow
A group of men in evening clothes looks like a flock of crows, and is just about as inspiring.
men civilization differences
Difference between savage and civilized man: one is painted, the other gilded.
healthy occupation impossible
A healthy and wholesome cheerfulness is not necessarily impossible to any occupation.
beautiful matter faces
There are women who have an indefinable charm in their faces which makes them beautiful to their intimates, but a cold stranger who tried to reason the matter out and find this beauty would fail.
girl book charming
Heroine: girl who is perfectly charming to live with, in a book.
distance california giving
All scenery in California requires distance to give it its highest charm.
dozen bears compliment
A dozen direct censures are easier to bear than one morganatic compliment.
say-anything tasks be-careful
I have been cautioned to talk but be careful not to say anything. I do not consider this a difficult task.
cat men tails
A man who carries a cat by the tail is getting experience that will always be helpful. He isn't likely to grow dim or doubtful. Chances are, he isn't likely to carry the cat that way again, either. But if he wants to, I say let him!
calamity prepared
The calamity that comes is never the one we had prepared ourselves for.
blessed yesterday michael-angelo
I never felt so fervently thankful, so soothed, so tranquil, so filled with the blessed peace, as I did yesterday when I learned that Michael Angelo was dead.
men sand appetite
Nature makes the locust with an appetite for crops; man would have made him with an appetite for sand
adventure views earth
Broad, wholesome, charitable views .. can not be acquired by vegetating in one's little corner of the earth.