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Mark Twain

1835 - 1910

American Writer, Humorist and Essayist

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He has been praised as the “greatest humorist the United States has produced”, with William Faulkner calling him “the father of American literature”.

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If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything

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I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.

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I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

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In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.

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In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards.

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Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

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There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.

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Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.

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It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.

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Obscurity and a competence – that is the life that is best worth living.

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Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

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Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.

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The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.

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A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.

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A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

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There’s one way to find out if a man is honest: ask him; if he says yes, you know he’s crooked.

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My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks water.

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Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.

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About Mark Twain

Notable Works

Mark Twain’s literary legacy is anchored by his masterpiece novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which defined American literature through their sharp social critique and vivid realism. He further showcased his satirical genius in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, a time-travel narrative mocking feudalism and technology, and The Prince and the Pauper, a classic critique of class division. In shorter forms, his humorous short story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County launched his national fame, while his travelogue The Innocents Abroad solidified his status as a legendary observer of human nature.

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