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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I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
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.
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I believe that people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.
All my life, I always wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific.
The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.
Alas, I know if I ever became truly humble, I would be proud of it.
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I am quite sure . . . I have no race prejudices, and I think I have no color prejudices, nor caste prejudices, nor creed prejudices. Indeed, I know it. I can stand any society. All I care to know is that a man is a human being — that is enough for me; he can't be any worse.