Mark Twain
| Born | 1835-11-30 |
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| Died | 1910-04-21 |
| Writer. Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens. | |
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Quotes (14)
"Never part with your illusions. Without dreams you may continue to exist, but you have ceased to live."
"Truth is more of a stranger than fiction."
"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society."
"Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company."
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."
"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect."
"Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of congress; but I repeat myself."
"We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world; and its efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men every day who don't know anything and can't read."
"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them."
"Work is a necessary evil to be avoided."
"Put no trust in the benefits to accrue from early rising, as set forth by the infatuated Franklin."
You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.