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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Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.
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Truth is more of a stranger than fiction.
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Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
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It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.
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Those who say truth is stranger than fiction have wasted their time on poorly written fiction.
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The difference between fiction and nonfiction is that fiction must be absolutely believable.
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Truth is stranger than fiction-to some people, but I am measurably familiar with it.
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Truth is more of a stranger than fiction. When in doubt, tell the truth. If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use.
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The reason why truth is so much stranger than fiction is that there is no requirement for it to be consistent.
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What's the use you learning to do right, when it's troublesome to do right and ain't no trouble to do wrong, and the wages is just the same?
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When a man's dog turns against him it is time for a wife to pack her trunk and go home to mama
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When a man is known to have no settled convictions of his own he can't convict other people
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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