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
drinking wine scotch-whisky
Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.
rivers water mexico
Until I came to New Mexico, I never realized how much beauty water adds to a river.
wise up-early bed
Go to bed early, get up early-this is wise.
circles lines holes
A circle is a round straight line with a hole in the middle.
book writing needs
You need not expect to get your book right the first time. Go to work and revamp or rewrite it. God only exhibits his thunder and lightning at intervals, and so they always command attention. These are God's adjectives. You thunder and lightning too much; the reader ceases to get under the bed, by and by.
drinking wine labels
You can tell German wine from vinegar by the label.
travel fun adventure
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.
One must travel, to learn.
lonely world fool
If all the fools in this world should die, lordly God how lonely I should be.
heart men race
What a man sees in the human race is merely himself in the deep and honest privacy of his own heart. Byron despised the race because he despised himself. I feel as Byron did, and for the same reason.
funny sports inspiration
It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.
integrity inspiration men
Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.
inspirational graduation education
I've never let my school interfere with my education.
drinking night scotch
I always take Scotch whiskey at night as a preventive of toothache. I have never had the toothache; and what is more, I never intend to have it.