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
arms ball box feet fishing hands liar man parts player rod tackle unless wet
No better liar had there been in these parts as that ball player with hams for arms unless he be a man with a fishing rod and tackle box in his hands and his feet wet as rain.
life men play
The work that is really a man's own work is play and not work at all.
inspirational determination play
One thing at a time, is my motto - and just play that thing for all it is worth, even if it's only tto pair and a jack.
optimistic play backyards
That optimist of yours is always ready to turn hell's backyard into a play-ground.
motivational play used
Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.
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What work I have done I have done because it has been play. If it had been work I shouldn't have done it.
music play gentleman
A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't.
college two play
Learning to play two pairs is worth about as much as a college education, and about as costly.
men play gentleman
A gentleman is a man who can play the banjo, but doesn't.
cutting play drawing
Low comedies are written for the drawing-room, the kitchen and the stable, and if you cut out the kitchen and the stable the drawing-room can't support the play by itself.
hands play sound-judgment
It is sound judgment to put on a bold face and play your hand for a hundred times what it is worth; forty-nine times out of fifty nobody dares to call it, and you roll in the chips.
writing play cards
If I'd seen a playwright ever write an' play at the same time, I'd have given 'em more of a chance at cards. Can I get an 'amen?'
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