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 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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You try to tell me anything about the newspaper business! Sir, I have been through it from Alpha to Omaha, and I tell you that the less a man knows the bigger the noise he makes and the higher the salary he commands.
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There are no mistakes in life, there are only lessons to be learned: Adivce to the Youth.
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Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.
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It is noble to teach oneself, but still nobler to teach others - and less trouble
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It is nobler to be good, and it is nobler to teach others to be good -- and less trouble!
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When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.
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The most permanent lessons in morals are those which come, not of book teaching, but of experience.
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When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.
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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
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The so-called Christian nations are the most enlightened and progressive, but in spite of their religion, not because of it