About Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), 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". Twain's novels include...
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The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
It doesn't pay to be good at something unless you are the absolute best at it.
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If I can't suck your milkshake through a straw, it's not a milkshake—it's a glass of ice cream.
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God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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