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
congress gold good president produced
Rail-splitting produced an unparalleled president in Lincoln. But gold hasn't produced even a good A-1 congressman.
acquiring duty golden habit rule
Do something every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.
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There is an old-time toast which is golden for its beauty. "When you ascend the hill of prosperity may you not meet a friend.
sky people gold
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits. Fanatics will never learn that, though it be written in letters of gold across the sky. It is the prohibition that makes anything precious.
precious-stones gold genius
Genius, like gold and precious stones, is chiefly prized because of its rarity.
business gold good-times
When everyone is looking for gold, it's a good time to be in the pick and shovel business.
men ignorant gold
Gold in its native state is but dull, unornamental stuff, and only lowborn metals excite the admiration of the ignorant with an ostentatious glitter. However, like the rest of the world, I still go on underrating men of gold and glorifying men of mica.
money gold use
I went to the circus, and loafed around the back side till the watchman went by, and then dived in under the tent. I had my twenty-dollar gold piece and some other money, but I reckoned I better save it.... I ain't opposed to spending money on circuses, when there ain't no other way, but there ain't no use in wasting it on them.
real yellow gold
The real yellow peril: Gold.
answers golden made
Golden rule: Made of hard metal so it could stand severe wear, it not being known at that time that butter would answer.
learning trouble wages
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