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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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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.

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Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.

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

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

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

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

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Reality can be beaten with enough imagination.

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Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.

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

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

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The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.

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If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.

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

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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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