Mark Twain Quotes

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Mark Twain

Profession : Writer

Birth : November 30, 1835

Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself.

Mark Twain

It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.

Mark Twain

The wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession.

Mark Twain

There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce.

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I make it a rule never to smoke while I'm sleeping.

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He is now rising from affluence to poverty.

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As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.

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The Public is merely a multiplied 'me.'

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Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.

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In 'Huckleberry Finn,' I have drawn Tom Blankenship exactly as he was. He was ignorant, unwashed, insufficiently fed; but he had as good a heart as ever any boy had.

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How lucky Adam was. He knew when he said a good thing, nobody had said it before.

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One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.

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George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.

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We Americans... bear the ark of liberties of the world.

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Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks.

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