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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When you cannot get a compliment in any other way pay yourself one.
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The plan of the newspaper is good and wise; when you can't get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one
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We despise no source that can pay us a pleasing attention.
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Gratitude is a debt which usually goes on accumulating like blackmail; the more you pay, the more is exacted.
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If you can't get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one.
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Write without pay until somebody offers to pay.
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You must not pay a person a compliment, and then straightway follow it with a criticism.
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In love, you pay as you leave.
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None but an ass pays a compliment and asks a favour at the same time. There are many asses.
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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