Mark Twain is the famous pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who was born on November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri. He is one of the most beloved figures in the history of American literature, and was a journalist, novelist, humorist, literary critic, essayist, short story writer, and poet. 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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In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards Go to Quote / Comment
Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours. Go to Quote / Comment
There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist. Go to Quote / Comment
Don't let schooling interfere with your education. Go to Quote / Comment
He would come in and say he changed his mind -- which was a gilded figure of speech, because he didn't have any. Go to Quote / Comment