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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'If a man could be crossed with a cat, it would improve man, but it would degrade the cat. Go to Quote / Comment
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. Go to Quote / Comment
We ignore and never mention the Sole Impulse which dictates and compels a man's every act: the imperious necessity of securing his own approval.... To it we owe all that we are. Go to Quote / Comment
He is useless on top of the ground; he ought to be under it, inspiring the cabbages. Go to Quote / Comment
In religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination. Go to Quote / Comment