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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It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

Mark Twain

Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself.

Mark Twain

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

Mark Twain

Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.

Mark Twain

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

Mark Twain

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.

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Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.

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Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.

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Humor must not professedly teach and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live forever.

Mark Twain

The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven.

Mark Twain

The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

Mark Twain

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

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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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The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

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Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.

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The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.

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In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.

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Don't let schooling interfere with your education.

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Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.

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I've never let my school interfere with my education.

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I never let schooling interfere with my education.

Mark Twain

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