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
book adventure names
You don't know about me, without you have read a book by the name of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,' but that ain't no matter. That book was made by a Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly.
mean mind speech
Definite speech means clarity of mind.
needs creatures humans
Human beings are the only creatures who blush - or who need to.
machines may pages
The machine has several virtues... One may lean back in his chair and work it. It piles an awful stack of words on one page. It don't muss things or scatter ink blots around.
men average common
Consider the average intelligence of the common man, then realize 50% are even stupider.
clean-desk funny-business drawers
A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer.
art two space
Cooper's art has some defects. In one place in 'Deerslayer,' and in the restricted space of two-thirds of a page, Cooper has scored 114 offences against literary art out of a possible 115. It breaks the record.
perseverance giving-up years
That is their way, those plagues, those scientists - peg, peg, peg - dig, dig, dig - plod, plod, plod. I wish I could catch a cargo of them for my place; it would be an economy. Yes, for years, you see. They never give up. Patience, hope, faith, perseverance; it is the way of all the breed.
opinion persons
The person who has no opinion will seldom be wrong.
heart men privacy
No man, deep down in the privacy of his heart, has any considerable respect for himself.
humans accounting human-beings
There is no accounting for human beings.
years long-ago long
Every year you wait, long ago gets farther away.
widows body praying
There's something in it when a body like the widow or the parson prays, but it don't work for me, and I reckon it don't work for only just the right kind.
tough-times tough teach
Tough times teach trust.