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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I am glad the old masters are all dead, and I only wish they had died sooner.
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Last week I stated that this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister and now wish to withdraw that statement.
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Religion consists of a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain
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Epitaphs are cheap, and they do a poor chap a world of good after he is dead, especially if he had hard luck while he was alive. I wish they were used more.
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I wish to become rich, so that I can instruct the people and glorify honest poverty a little, like those kind hearted, fat, benevolent people do.
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An adventure is something that while it's happening you wish it wasn't.
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I wish I could make him understand that a loving good heart is riches enough, and that without it intellect is poverty.
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I do not wish any reward but to know I have done the right thing.
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Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement.
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There are those who imagine that the unlucky accidents of life—life's "experiences"—are in some way useful to us. I wish I could find out how. I never know one of them to happen twice. They always change off and swap around and catch you on your inexperienced side.
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Honest poverty is a gem that even a king might be proud to call his own - but I wish to sell out
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Adam was the author of sin, and I wish he had taken out an international copyright on it.
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Being rich ain't what it's cracked up to be. It's just worry and worry, and sweat and sweat, and a-wishing you was dead all the time.
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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?