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Biography : Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by his pen name Mark Twain was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer.
Born: 1835 - Died: 1910
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: United States

Mark Twain - Quotes

It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.
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I can live for two months on a good compliment.
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When people do not respect us we are sharply offended yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.
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What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself.
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Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
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Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.
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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
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Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.
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I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
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Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run.
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The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
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Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
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Man - a creature made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.
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The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes.
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You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
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Golf is a good walk spoiled.
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What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before.
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Thunder is good, thunder is impressive but it is lightning that does the work.
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Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
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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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Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.
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Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.
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When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
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All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure.
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If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first.
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A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.
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A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.
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A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
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Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
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I must have a prodigious quantity of mind it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.
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