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
idiot member repeat suppose
Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself
idiots language paris simply spoke stared succeed understand
In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language
idiot congress i-can
I could be an idiot, or I can serve in Congress, but I repeat myself.
law idiot made
Whenever a copyright law is to be made or altered, then the idiots assemble.
idiotic conventionality humans
All human rules are more or less idiotic.
politics idiot imagine
Imagine, if you will, that I am an idiot. Then, imagine that I am also a Congressman. But, alas, I repeat myself.
world idiot made
When the world is made to be idiot-proof, the world will become overpopulated with idiots.
children idiot providence
The proverb says that Providence protects children and idiots. This is really true. I know because I have tested it.
idiot evidence amount
No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot
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?
against dog home mama pack time trunk turns wife
When a man's dog turns against him it is time for a wife to pack her trunk and go home to mama
convict conviction known man people settled
When a man is known to have no settled convictions of his own he can't convict other people
advertises brings fig leaf modesty statue suspicion
The statue that advertises its modesty with a fig leaf really brings its modesty under suspicion
christian nations spite
The so-called Christian nations are the most enlightened and progressive, but in spite of their religion, not because of it