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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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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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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To stop smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know; I've done it a thousand times.
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We can't reach old age by another man's road. My habits protect my life but they would assassinate you.
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It's easy to quit smoking. I've done it hundreds of times.
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If I cannot smoke cigars in Heaven, I shall not go
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A man may have no bad habits and have worse
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You cant reach old age by another man's road, my habits protect my life but they would assassinate you
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Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed down-stairs one step at a time.
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You can't break a bad habit by throwing it out the window. You've got to walk it slowly down the stairs.
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A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.
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Old habits cannot be thrown out the upstairs window. They have to be coaxed downstairs one step at a time.
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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