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
kings wish proud
Honest poverty is a gem that even a king might be proud to call his own - but I wish to sell out
common senses
Love heightens all senses - except the common.
waiting
Don't wait the time is never just right.
hero would-be admire
We find not much in ourselves to admire, we are always privately wanting to be like somebody else. If everybody was satisfied with himself, there would be no heroes
together may telephones
I hope all of us may eventually be together in everlasting peace and bliss -- except the inventor of the # telephone .
vacation vocation
Make your vacation your vocation.
mean sleep done
Well enough for old folks to rise early, because they have done so many mean things all their lives they can't sleep anyhow.
weather littles done
A great, great deal has been said about the weather, but very little has ever been done.
people joy sorrow
The more you join with people in their joys and their sorrows, the more nearer and dearer they come to be to you.
looks nails hammers
To someone with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
ecstasy feels
An ecstasy is a thing that will not go into words; it feels like music.
pride vanity arrogance
The offspring of riches: Pride, vanity, ostentation, arrogance, tyranny
training training-and-education
There is nothing training can't cannot do. Nothing is above its reach.
inspirational horse prayer
Suddenly the nickel-clad horse takes the bit in its mouth and goes slanting for the curbstone defying all prayers and all your powers to change its mind - your heart stands still, your breath hangs fire, your legs forget to work.