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
advice worst
Be Yourself is about the worst advice you can give to people.
advice dangerous months others speculate stocks
October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks in. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August, and February.
advice drink marry smoke
My advice to girls: first, don't smoke to excess; second, don't drink to excess; third, don't marry to excess.
advice learn learning
Never learn to do anything. If you don't learn, you will always find someone else to do it for you.
advice best cheer
The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.
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There are no mistakes in life, there are only lessons to be learned: Adivce to the Youth.
marriage girl advice
My advice to girls: first, don't smoke - to excess; second, don't drink - to excess; third, don't marry - to excess.
somewhere-else advice household-chores
Have a place for everything and keep the thing somewhere else. This is not advice, it is merely custom.
giving advice
It is better to give than receive- especially advice.
time advice literature
Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old secondhand diamonds than none at all.
advice today tomorrow
Do your duty today and repent tomorrow.
running fun advice
Never run after you own hat - others will be delighted to do it; why spoil their fun?
attitude war advice
A private should preserve a respectful attitude toward his superiors, and should seldom or never proceed so far as to offer suggestions to his general in the field. If the battle is not being conducted to suit him, it is better for him to resign. By the etiquette of war, it is permitted to none below the rank of newspaper correspondent to dictate to the general in the field.
vanity giving advice
He had only one vanity; he thought he could give advice better than any other person.