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
inspiration use educated
The educated Southerner has no use for an 'r', except at the beginning of a word.
truth inspiration prevailing
Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so.
art philosophy animal
There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce.
hope tree lord
Lord save us all from a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.
inspiration commitment broken
Better a broken promise than none at all.
happiness humor joy
Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.
sarcastic sarcasm knowing
Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.
believe knows
Faith is believing things you know aint true
safe congress session
When congress is in session no American is safe.
running thinking long
Always obey your parents. When they are present. This is the best policy in the long run. Because if you don't, they will make you. Most parents think they know better than you do, and you can generally make more by humoring that superstition than you can by acting on your own better judgment.
writing share dump
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divine humans
To gnaw on is human, towards digest, divine.
hard-times years two
The observance of Thanksgiving Day-as a function-has become general of late years. The Thankfulness is not so general. This is natural. Two-thirds of the nation have always had hard luck and a hard time during the year, and this has a calming effect upon their enthusiasm.
children insult shameful
It is a shameful thing to insult a child.