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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Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved. Go to Quote / Comment
Never tell the truth to those unworthy of it.... Go to Quote / Comment
The best coffee in Europe is Vienna coffee, compared to which all other coffee is fluid poverty. Go to Quote / Comment
I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. Death Go to Quote / Comment
There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded. Go to Quote / Comment