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
sweet heart men
But death was sweet, death was gentle, death was kind; death healed the bruised spirit and the broken heart, and gave them rest and forgetfulness; death was man’s best friend; when man could endure life no longer, death came and set him free.
race joy done
The joy of killing! the joy of seeing killing done - these are traits of the human race at large.
too-much drag trifling
I have too much respect for the truth to drag it out on every trifling occasion.
hilarious inspiration ironic
I once sent a dozen of my friends a telegram saying 'flee at once - all is discovered.' They all left town immediately.
names becky call-me
What's your name?" "Becky Thatcher. What's yours? Oh, I know. It's Thomas Sawyer." "That's the name they lick me by. I'm Tom when I'm good. You call me Tom, will you?" "Yes
army fighting men
The pitifulest thing out is a mob; that's what an army is--a mob; they don't fight with courage that's born in them, but with courage that's borrowed from their mass, and from their officers. But a mob without any MAN at the head of it is BENEATH pitifulness.
challenges ability grows
The ability to find solutions to life's challenges is what makes us grow as a person.
hands sight today
I saw a startling sight today, a politician with his hands in his own pockets.
loneliness thinking people
Eventually, I sickened of people, myself included, who didn't think enough of themselves to make something of themselves- people who did only what they had to and never what they could have done. I learned from them the infected loneliness that comes at the end of every misspent day. I knew I could do better.
joy looks alive
You know that kind of quiver that trembles around through you when you are seeing something so strange and enchanting and wonderful that it is just a fearful joy to be alive and look at it; and you know how you gaze, and your lips turn dry and your breath comes short, but you wouldn't be anywhere but there, not for the world.
war famine hard
Every one knew he could foretell wars and famines, though that was not so hard, for there was always a war, and generally a famine somewhere.
wages use trouble
What's the use you learning to do right , when it's troublesome to do right and it ain't no trouble to do wrong, and the wages is just the same?
stars shadow
Stars and shadows ain't good to see by.
writing years looks
Write without pay until someone offers pay. If nobody offers within three years, the candidate may look upon this as a sign that sawing wood is what he was intended for.