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
song language cry
There are German songs which can make a stranger to the language cry.
opportunity men doors
Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life.
past years medicine
Medicine has made all its progress during the past fifty years. ... How many operations that are now in use were known fifty years ago?-they were not operations, they were executions.
good-night summer lying
Warm summer sun, shine kindly here. Warm southern wind, blow softly here. Green sod above, lie light, lie light. Good night, dear Heart, Good night, good night.
causes moderation temperance
Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance.
jewels young frankness
Frankness is a jewel; only the young can afford it.
political religion church
No God and no religion can survive ridicule. No political church, no nobility, no royalty or other fraud, can face ridicule in a fair field, and live.
courage brave-person bravery
Except a person be part coward, it is not a compliment to say he is brave.
honesty able honest
As a rule, we go about with masks, we go about looking honest, and we are able to conceal ourselves all through the day.
honesty men honest
....honest men are few when it comes to themselves.
honesty liars men
The insincerity of man-all men are liars, partial or hiders of facts, half tellers of truths, shirks, moral sneaks. When a merely honest man appears he is a comet-his fame is eternal-needs no genius, no talent-mere honesty
honesty men honest
No man is straitly honest to any but himself and God.
honesty men honest
Every man is wholly honest to himself and to God, but not to any one else.
honesty suffering poison
I would much prefer to suffer from the clean incision of an honest lancet than from a sweetened poison.