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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Each person is born to one possession which out values all his others - his last breath
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Whenever the literary German dives into a sentence, that is the last you are going to see of him until he emerges on the other side of his Atlantic with his verb in his mouth.
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Last week I stated that this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister and now wish to withdraw that statement.
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It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chicago-she outgrows his prophecies faster than he can make them. She is always a novelty; for she is never the Chicago you saw when you passed through the last time.
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A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.
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Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement.
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I was born modest, but it didn't last.
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Each person is born to one possession which outvalues all his others-his last breath.
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Heaven is the very last place to come to rest and don't you be afraid to bet on that!
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The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.
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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
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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