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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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Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

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Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

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If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.

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Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.

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April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four.

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If voting made any difference they wouldn’t let us do it.

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Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

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All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.

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A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.

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Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.

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The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man’s.

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

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

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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.

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

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A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.

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Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.

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

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About Mark Twain

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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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