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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Anybody can write the first line of a poem, but is a very difficult task to make the second line rhyme with the first
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Any mummery will cure if the patient's faith is strong in it.
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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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A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes
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A lie can run around the world six times while the truth is still trying to put on its pants.
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You should never do anything wicked and lay it on your brother, when it is just as convenient to lay it on some other boy
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You shouldn't try to teach a pig to sing. You waste your time and it annoys the pig.
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The statue that advertises its modesty with a fig leaf really brings its modesty under suspicion
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The so-called Christian nations are the most enlightened and progressive, but in spite of their religion, not because of it
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The system of refusing the mere act of drinking and leaving the desire in full force, is unintelligent war tactics, it seems to me
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Public opinion is held in reverence. It settles everything. Some think it is the voice of God.
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Quitting smoking is easy. I've done it a thousand times.
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Put all your eggs in the one basket and -- Watch That Basket.