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
accent angels english noticed speak traveled
I have traveled more than any one else, and I have noticed that even the angels speak English with an accent
dead free none permitted speak
None but the dead have free speech. None but the dead are permitted to speak truth.
doubt rather remove silent speak stay
It's better to stay silent and look a fool, rather than speak and remove all doubt.
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Each of you, for himself, by himself and on his own responsibility, must speak.
horse believe speaks-french
I speak French with timidity, and not flowingly--except when excited. When using that language I have often noticed that I have hardly ever been mistaken for a Frenchman, except, perhaps, by horses; never, I believe, by people.
house speak unchristian
[I] shall never use profanity except in discussing house rent and taxes. Indeed, upon second thought, I will not use it then, for it is unchristian, inelegant, and degrading--though to speak truly I do not see how house rent and taxes are going to be discussed worth a cent without it.
angel speak-english accents
I have traveled more than anyone else, and I have noticed that even the angels speak English with an accent.
speaks-french speak i-can
I can speak French but I cannot understand it.
men speaks-out enough
There are some natures which never grow large enough to speak out and say a bad act is a bad act, until they have inquired into the politics or the nationality of the man who did it.
perfect dimensions speak
Perfect grammar - persistent, continuous, sustained - is the fourth dimension, so to speak; many have sought it, but none has found it.
children fool speak
Children and fools always speak the truth
cease easiest ought smoking thousand
To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did, I ought to know because I've done it a thousand times.
desire dig hidden life raging rightly somewhere time treasure
There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life that he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure
caught crucified
There has been only one Christian. They caught and crucified him early.