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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Accident is the name of the greatest of all inventors.
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A thoroughly beautiful woman and a thoroughly homely woman are creations which I love to gaze upon, and which I cannot tire of gazing upon, for each is perfect in her own line
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A solemn, unsmiling, sanctimonious old iceberg who looked like he was waiting for a vacancy in the Trinity
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A soiled baby, with a neglected nose, cannot be conscientiously regarded as a thing of beauty.
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A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes
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A lie can run around the world six times while the truth is still trying to put on its pants.
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You should never do anything wicked and lay it on your brother, when it is just as convenient to lay it on some other boy
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You shouldn't try to teach a pig to sing. You waste your time and it annoys the pig.
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There isn't a single human characteristic that can be safely labeled as ''American.''
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There is no use in walking five miles to fish when you can depend on being just as unsuccessful near home.
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There is nothing you can say in answer to a compliment. I have been complimented myself a great many times, and they always embarrass me --I always feel that they have not said enough.
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There ought to be a room in every house to swear in
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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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Any mummery will cure if the patient's faith is strong in it.