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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People born to be hanged are safe in water.
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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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Fleas can be taught nearly anything that a congressman can
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There's one way to find out if a man is honest: ask him; if he says yes, you know he is crooked.
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The trade of critic, in literature, music, and the drama, is the most degraded of all trades
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I shall not often meddle with politics, because we have a political Editor who is already excellent and only needs to serve a term or two in the penitentiary to be perfect
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Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.
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Satan hasn't a single salaried helper; the Opposition employ a million
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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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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