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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But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most? Go to Quote / Comment
At the beginning of a great national change, the patriot is a scarce man: scorned, ridiculed and forgotten. When his cause succeeds, however, all men will join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot. Go to Quote / Comment
The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also. Go to Quote / Comment
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. Go to Quote / Comment
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog Go to Quote / Comment