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.
against fight man odds seldom winning
A man can seldom -- very, very, seldom -- fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy.
approval cannot man
A man cannot be uncomfortable without his own approval
dizzy height led longer man nose reaches wisdom
A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom that he can no longer be led by the nose
dizzy height lead longer man reaches wisdom
A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom that he can no longer be lead by the nose.
acceptance aloof community heart himself hold liked man
. . . a man must not hold himself aloof from the things which his friends and his community have at heart if he would be liked . . .
himself liar man truthful
A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself as a liar
astonish gratify people
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
almost boarding defend fight heard house man salt war worthy
Almost any man worthy of his salt would fight to defend his home, but no one ever heard of a man going to war for his boarding house
private
A man's private thought can never be a lie; what he thinks, is to him the truth, always
carries cat experience learns man tail
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn by no other way
america built loose towards
America is built on a tilt, and everything loose slides towards California.
knowing loudest
The person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.
funny compassion feelings
All Congresses and Parliaments have a kindly feeling for idiots, and a compassion for them, on account of personal experience and heredity.