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
san-francisco treated
I have always been rather better treated in San Francisco than I actually deserved.
weather england dazzling
One of the brightest gems in the New England weather is the dazzling uncertainty of it.
couple whales decision
Agassiz does recommend authors to eat fish, because the phosphorus in it makes brains. But I cannot help you to a decision about the amount you need to eat. Perhaps a couple of whales would be enough.
liars two nervous
There are two types of speakers: those that are nervous and those that are liars.
men proud armor
Armor is heavy, yet it is a proud burden, and a man standeth straight in it.
self society requirements
It is our nature to conform; it is a force which not many can successfully resist. What is its seat? The inborn requirement of self-approval.
men looks arcs
Whatever thing men call great, look for it in Joan of Arc, and there you will find it.
grateful school doctors
The introduction of homeopathy forced the old school doctor to stir around and learn something of a rational nature about his business. You may honestly feel grateful that homeopathy survived the attempts of the allopaths to destroy it.
no-trust benefits rising
Put no trust in the benefits to accrue from early rising, as set forth by the infatuated Franklin ...
animal men favors
It now seems plain to me that that theory ought to be vacated in favor of a new and truer one...the Descent of Man from the Higher Animals.
wisdom men moon
Every man is a moon; he has a side no one sees.
sex young young-ladies
In German, a young lady has no sex, but a turnip has
change men law
What, then, is the true Gospel of consistency? Change. Who is the really consistent man? The man who changes. Since change is the law of his being, he cannot be consistent if he stick in a rut.
mother men law
Adam was the luckiest man in the world. He had no mother-in-law.