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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Wit and Humor -- if any difference, it is in duration -- lightning and electric light. Same material, apparently; but one is vivid, and can do damage -- the other fools along and enjoys elaboration.
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Write without pay until somebody offers to pay you. If nobody offers within three years, sawing wood is what you were intended for.
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Men write many fine and plausible arguments in support of monarchy, but the fact remains that where every man has a voice, brutal laws are impossible
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Nothing spoils a good story like the arrival of an eyewitness.
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Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.
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Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.
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One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.
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By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.
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The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.
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Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.
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The wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession.
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Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?