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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Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great.
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Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people alwaysdo that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
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I have studied it often, but I never could discover the plot
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I find that principles have no real force except when one is well fed.
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I did not attend his funeral, but I wrote a nice letter saying I approved of it
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