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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Mark Twain Quote - You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. Free

Mark Twain

You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.

Mark Twain Quote - I haven’t any right to criticize books, and I don’t do it except when I hate them. Free

Mark Twain

I haven’t any right to criticize books, and I don’t do it except when I hate them.

Mark Twain Quote - If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much. Free

Mark Twain

If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.

Mark Twain Quote - Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason. Free

Mark Twain

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.

Mark Twain Quote - The easy confidence with which I know another man’s religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also. Free

Mark Twain

The easy confidence with which I know another man’s religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.

Mark Twain Quote - Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured. Free

Mark Twain

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

Mark Twain Quote - Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. Free

Mark Twain

Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Mark Twain Quote - Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other. Free

Mark Twain

Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.

Mark Twain Quote - There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man’s notion that he is less savage than the other savages. Free

Mark Twain

There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man’s notion that he is less savage than the other savages.

Mark Twain Quote - What is Man? Man is a noisome bacillus whom Our Heavenly Father created because he was disappointed in the monkey. Free

Mark Twain

What is Man? Man is a noisome bacillus whom Our Heavenly Father created because he was disappointed in the monkey.

Mark Twain Quote - There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable. Free

Mark Twain

There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.

Mark Twain Quote - Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day. Free

Mark Twain

Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.

Mark Twain Quote - Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option. Free

Mark Twain

Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.

About Mark Twain

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”.

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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