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
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The statue that advertises its modesty with a fig leaf really brings its modesty under suspicion
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The so-called Christian nations are the most enlightened and progressive, but in spite of their religion, not because of it
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The system of refusing the mere act of drinking and leaving the desire in full force, is unintelligent war tactics, it seems to me
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But we are fearfully and wonderfully made, and we glorious Americans will occasionally astonish the God that created us when we get a fair start
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He said, 'I've never seen a festival where the whole nation gets behind an event. The Cup astonishes'. We are still thinking the same thing.
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Cold! If the thermometer had been an inch longer we'd have frozen to death.
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Anybody can write the first line of a poem, but is a very difficult task to make the second line rhyme with the first
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I have told him all I know about it. And now he knows nothing about it himself.
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I have traveled more than any one else, and I have noticed that even the angels speak English with an accent
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I learned long ago never to say the obvious thing, but leave the obvious thing to commonplace and inexperienced people to say
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In his private heart no man much respects himself.
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India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. Our most valuable and most astrictive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only!
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In discarding the monkey and substituting man, our Father in Heaven did the monkey an undeserved injustice
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In Boston they ask, ''How much does he know?'' In New York, ''How much is he worth?'' In Philadelphia, ''Who were his parents?''