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
army army-and-navy born borrowed courage fight
That's what an army is - a mob; they don't fight with courage that's born in them, but with courage that's borrowed from their mass, and from their officers.
army army-and-navy born borrowed courage fight
That's what an army is -- a mob; they don't fight with courage that's born in them, but with courage that's borrowed from their mass, and from their officers.
academy boots born capacity chance greatest happens heaven knew meet military napoleon people shining
Well, we can take you to meet Napoleon -- but he's shining the boots of the person who actually was the world's greatest military genius. He happens to have been a tinsmith from Pennsylvania who never had a chance to go to a military academy -- so he never even knew he was a great military genius. He was born with that capacity -- and only here in heaven do we actually know who these people are.
born equality few horses
Not all horses were born equal. A few were born to win.
born breath last others possession values
Each person is born to one possession which out values all his others - his last breath
born hanged people safe
People born to be hanged are safe in water.
born foreign man morals paralysis
Morals are an acquirement - like music, like a foreign language, like piety, poker, paralysis - no man is born with them.
born heads knew men millions nor passed philosophy single
I knew I should not find in any philosophy a single thought which had not passed through my own head, nor a single thought which had not passed through the heads of millions and millions of men before I was born
spots born relation
I was born modest; not all over, but in spots.
life lasts born
Each person is born to one possession which outvalues all his others-his last breath.
astrology return born
I was born with Halley's Comet and I expect to die upon its return
born ifs
There isn't anything you can't stand if you are only born and bred to it.
children men born
If men bore children, there would only be one born in each family.
way naked born
If God had meant for us to be naked, we'd have been born that way.