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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Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
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Conformity-the natural instinct to passively yield to that vague something recognized as authority
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Man - a creature made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.
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What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce.
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I was sorry to have my name mentioned among the great authors because they have a sad habit of dying off
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I have been an author for 22 years and an ass for 55
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There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress.
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The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives.
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I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
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The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven.
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Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.
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Never put off till to-morrow what you can do day after to-morrow just as well.
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I never let schooling interfere with my education.