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
number remember
It isn't so astonishing the number of things that I can remember, as the number of things that I can remember that aren't so.
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It is not worthwhile to try to keep history from repeating itself, for man's character will always make the preventing of the repetitions impossible
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It is not likely that any complete life has ever been lived which was not a failure in the secret judgment of the person that lived it
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It is often the case that the man who can't tell a lie thinks he is the best judge of one
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...It is hard to overestimate how far a man can go in America if he looks good on a horse.
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It is noble to teach oneself, but still nobler to teach others - and less trouble
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It is nobler to be good, and it is nobler to teach others to be good -- and less trouble!
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Life should begin with age and its privileges and accumulations, and end with youth and its capacity to splendidly enjoy such advantages.
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I was young and foolish then; now I am old and foolish
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God puts something good and something lovable in every man His hands create.
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Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
breeding concealing consists good
Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of our selves, and how little we think of the other person
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History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes
history repeat
History does not repeat itself. But it does rhyme.