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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A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. Go to Quote / Comment
[Mankind] is governed by minorities, seldom or never by majorities. It suppresses its feelings and its beliefs and follows the handful that makes the most noise. Sometimes the noisy handful is right, sometimes wrong, but no matter, the crowd follows it. Go to Quote / Comment
It's better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt. Go to Quote / Comment
What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce. Go to Quote / Comment
Are you so unobservant that you do not yet realize that sanity and hapiness are an impossible combination? Go to Quote / Comment