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...
More quotations from Mark Twain
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
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The older I grow, the more I listen to people who don't talk much.
That is the greatest fallacy, the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.
If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age.
I want nothing to do with natural foods. At my age I need all the preservatives I can get.