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 think a compliment ought to always precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and insures for the complaint a courteous and gentle reception.
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Pity is for living, envy is for dead.
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It has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain when awake
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It is not best that we use our morals week days; it gets them out of repair for Sundays
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It is not best that we all should think alike, it is differences of opinion that make horse races.
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It isn't so astonishing the number of things that I can remember, as the number of things that I can remember that aren't so.
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It is not worthwhile to try to keep history from repeating itself, for man's character will always make the preventing of the repetitions impossible
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It is not likely that any complete life has ever been lived which was not a failure in the secret judgment of the person that lived it
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It is often the case that the man who can't tell a lie thinks he is the best judge of one
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It is a pity that we cannot escape from life when we are young.
It is because they do not think at all; they only think they think.
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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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I said there was but one solitary thing about the past worth remembering and that was the fact that it is past - and can't be restored
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I saw a cat yesterday with 4 legs and yet it was only a yellow cat, and rather small, too, for its size. They were not all fore legs several of them were hind legs; indeed almost a majority of them were.