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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There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one: keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy
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Happiness is a Swedish sunset; it is there for all, but most of us look the other way and lose it
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I begin to see that a man's got to be in his own heaven to be happy.
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Happiness ain't a thing in itself -it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant. And so, as soon as the novelty is over and the force of the contrast dulled, it ain't happiness any longer, and you have to get something fresh.
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There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.
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Grief can take care if itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
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The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.
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Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.
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There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.
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The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will then be a happy and a virtuous people.
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Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
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Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.
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Happiness ain't a thing in itself - it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant.
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To be busy is man's only happiness.