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
past history doe
The past does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.
past history facts
I said there was but one solitary thing about the past worth remembering, and that was the fact that it is past-can't be restored.
food angel knows
When one has tasted watermelon he knows what the angels eat.
food desire needs
A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.
fitness exercise pushing
I am pushing sixty. That is enough exercise for me.
faith atheist believe
It was the schoolboy who said, ""Faith is believing what you know ain't so.""
death real graves
No real estate is permanently valuable but the grave.
business media two
There are only two forces that can carry light to all the corners of the globe... the sun in the heavens and the Associated Press down here.
success people secret
The secret to success: find out where people are going and get there first
time june bird
It is better to be a young June-bug than an old bird of paradise.
positive death short-life
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
suffering body harm
Now what I contend is that my body is my own, at least I have always so regarded it. If I do harm through my experimenting with it, it is I who suffer, not the state.
cat people apes
While the rest of the species is descended from apes, redheads are descended from cats.
angel air sky
The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn't it be?--it is the same the angels breathe.