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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Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol: you want it not for itself, but because it will content your spirit for the moment.
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A scientist will never show any kindness for a theory which he did not start himself.
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The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession, what there is of it
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Adam was the luckiest man; he had no mother-in-law.
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Adam was but human-this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden.
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A crank is someone with a new idea -- until it catches on.
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A crowded police court docket is the surest of all signs that trade is brisk and money plenty
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Once you put it down, you simply can't pick it up
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No matter how healthy a man's morals may be when he enters the White House, he comes out again with a pot-marked soul
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The more I get to know about lawyers, the more I'm in favor of hangin'.
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Cold! If the thermometer had been an inch longer we'd have frozen to death.
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Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.
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After all these years I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her.
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They spell it Vinci and pronounce it Vinchy; foreigners always spell better than they pronounce.