Quotes by Mark Twain

About Mark Twain:

Samuel Langhorne Clemens was an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "The Great American Novel".
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Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial 'we.'

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There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress.

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It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

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If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but deteriorate the cat.

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The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.

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I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell - you see, I have friends in both places.

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Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.

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Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.

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Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.

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Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.

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Repartee is something we think of twenty-four hours too late.

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The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner.

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When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not.

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Optimist: day dreamer more elegantly spelled.

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There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce.

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The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives.

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Few of us can stand prosperity. Another man's, I mean.

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Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.

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I make it a rule never to smoke while I'm sleeping.

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Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

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We are all alike, on the inside.

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Author Bio

  • NameMark Twain
  • DescriptionAmerican author and humorist
  • AliasesSamuel Langhorne Clemens; Samuel Clemens
  • BornNovember 30, 1835
  • DiedApril 21, 1910
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJournalist; Humorist; Novelist; Children's Writer; Autobiographer
  • WorksAdventures Of Huckleberry Finn; The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer