Quotes by Mark Twain

Mark Twain

Mark Twain

American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens)

Lived from: 1835 - 1910

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 30 november 1835 Died: 21 april 1910

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  • The human race was always interesting and we know by its past that it will always continue so, monotonously.
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  • The lack of money is the root of all evils.
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  • The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.
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  • The man who does not read books has no advantage over the man that can not read them.
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  • The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
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  • The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.
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  • The man who is ostentatious of his modesty is twin to the statue that wears a fig-leaf.
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  • The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
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  • The master minds of all nations, in all ages, have sprung in affluent multitude from the mass of the nation, and from the mass of the nation only - not from its privileged classes.
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  • The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit.
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  • The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.
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  • The more things you forbid, the more popular they become.
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  • The more you try to explain it out , the less I understand.
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  • The most difficult We do not deal in facts when we are contemplating ourselves.
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  • The older I get, the more clearly I remember things that never happened.
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  • The older we grow the greater becomes our wonder at how much ignorance one can contain without bursting one's clothes.
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  • The Pause; that impressive silence, that eloquent silence, that geometrically progressive silence which often achieves a desired effect where no combination of words, however so felicitous, could accomplish it.
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  • The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.
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  • The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them.
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  • The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them.
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