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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Wit and Humor -- if any difference, it is in duration -- lightning and electric light. Same material, apparently; but one is vivid, and can do damage -- the other fools along and enjoys elaboration.
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There are many humorous things in the world, among them the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages
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The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven.
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Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place.
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When a man's dog turns against hime, it is time for his wife to pack her trunk and go home to mamma.
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The humorous story is American, the comic story is English, the witty story is French. The humorous story depends for its effect upon the manner of the telling;the comic and the witty story upon the matter.
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Always obey your parents - when they are present.
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A sense of humor is the one thing no one will admit to not having.
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In Paris they just simply opened their eyes and stared when we spoke to them in French! We never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language.
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whenever the literary german dives into a sentence, this is the last you are going to see of him till he emerges on the other side of his atlantic with his verb in his mouth.
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If you can't get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one.
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Humor is the good natured side of a truth.
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Laughter without a tinge of philosophy is but a sneeze of humor. Genuine humor is replete with wisdom.
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April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four..