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
american-author funny men mighty
What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce.
among authors dying great habit mentioned name sad sorry
I was sorry to have my name mentioned among the great authors because they have a sad habit of dying off
mad madness man men wholly
No man has a wholly undiseased mind; in one way or another all men are mad
new-york men mark
Make your mark in New York and you are a made man.
men average rights
I am persuaded that the world has been tricked into adopting some false and most pernicious notions about consistency - and to such a degree that the average man has turned the rights and wrongs of things entirely around and is proud to be "consistent," unchanging, immovable, fossilized, where it should be his humiliation.
dog men animal
There are no wild animals until man makes them so.
men age world
By common consent of all the nations and all the ages the most valuable thing in this world is the homage of men, whether deserved or undeserved.
men one-man urges
There is no urge so great as for one man to edit another man's work.
real men judging
No one can tell me what is a good cigar--for me. I am the only judge... There are no standards--no real standards. Each man's preference is the only standard for him, the only one which he can accept, the only one which can command him.
men proud armor
Armor is heavy, yet it is a proud burden, and a man standeth straight in it.
men looks arcs
Whatever thing men call great, look for it in Joan of Arc, and there you will find it.
animal men favors
It now seems plain to me that that theory ought to be vacated in favor of a new and truer one...the Descent of Man from the Higher Animals.
wisdom men moon
Every man is a moon; he has a side no one sees.
change men law
What, then, is the true Gospel of consistency? Change. Who is the really consistent man? The man who changes. Since change is the law of his being, he cannot be consistent if he stick in a rut.