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
marriage running heart
What a world of trouble those who never marry escape! There are many happy matches, it is true, and sometimes "my dear," and "my love" come from the heart; but what sensible bachelor, rejoicing in his freedom and years of discretion, will run the tremendous risk?
funny humorous eye
In Paris they just simply opened their eyes and stared when we spoke to them in French! We never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language.
people joy
Some people bring joy wherever they go, and some people bring joy whenever they go.
men ignorant
A man who chooses not to read is just as ignorant as a man who cannot read.
father thinking twenties
I used to think my father was an idiot, until I turned twenty-one... Then I thought he was a genus.
cases teach one-thing
Experience teaches us only one thing at a time - and hardly that, in my case.
law growth
What is the most rigorous law of our being? Growth.
clever lying blood
The Bible is full of interest. It has noble poetry in it; and some clever fables; and some blood-drenched history; and some good morals; and a wealth of obscenity; and upwards of a thousand lies. This Bible is built mainly out of fragments of older Bibles that had their day and crumbled to ruin. So it noticeably lacks in originality, necessarily. Its three or four most imposing and impressive events all happened in earlier Bibles; there are only two new things in it: hell, for one, and that singular heaven I have told you about.
nature inspiration cat
If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
christian inspiration practice
The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes.
funny sarcastic sports
Golf is a good walk spoiled.
motivation integrity emotional
Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.
spring weather different
In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.
god sarcastic education
God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board.