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 Bible is a wonderful book; you can prove anything you want with it.
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Too bad that youth is wasted on the young.
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The reason why truth is so much stranger than fiction is that there is no requirement for it to be consistent.
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The water is clearer than the air, and the air is the air that angels breathe.
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If ignorance is bliss, why isn't the world happier?
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No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot
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The Book of Mormon is chloroform in print
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I was educated once - it took me years to get over it.
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When your opinions start to coincide with those of the majority, it is time to reconsider your opinions.
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All men are ignorant, just on different subjects.
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Children and fools always speak the truth
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The truth is a precious commodity. That's why I use it so sparingly.
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The man who isn't a pessimist is a damned fool.
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The idea that a baby doesn't amount to anything! Why, one baby is just a house and a front yard full by itself. One baby can, furnish more business than you and your whole Interior Department can attend to. He is enterprising, irrepressible, brimful of lawless activities.