Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.

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About Mark Twain

Portrait of 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 can live for two months on a good compliment.

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All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure.

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I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.

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The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.

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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

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I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top.

—An English Professor

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All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.

—Noam Chomsky

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I stand by all the misstatements that I've made.

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Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find.

—Peter Ustinov

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Living in a vacuum sucks.

—Adrienne E. Gusoff

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History

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