Mark
Twain Quotes - Famous Sayings - Famous Quotations
American writer, journalist and wit Mark Twain won a worldwide
audience for his stories of the youthful adventures of Tom
Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835 in Florida, Missouri,
he spent his childhood in the small Mississippi river town
of Hannibal, Missouri. After his father's death in 1947 he
became a printer, setting type in Iowa, New York City, Philadelphia
and other cities. He then worked as a Mississippi river-boat
pilot until the outbreak of the American Civil War. In 1861
he served briefly as a soldier in the Confederate army. Later
that year he moved to Nevada and began writing articles as
a newspaper reporter.
In 1863 Mark Twain was born when he began writing his articles
under that pseudonym. In 1870 he married Olivia Langdon and
they later moved to Hartford, Connecticut. Some of his most
famous books followed shortly after this: The Adventures of
Tom Sawyer (1876), The Prince and the Pauper (1882) and A
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889).
His masterpiece The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884)
remains one of the outstanding works of American literature.
Later works included Puddn'head Wilson (1894). He died in
1910.
Our Daily
Mark Twain Quote featuring a different quote
for each day of the year makes the ideal greeting card!
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
- Mark Twain
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence
on society.
- Mark Twain
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
- Mark Twain
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence
of fear.
- Mark Twain
A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth
is putting on its shoes.
- Mark Twain
It's not the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of
the fight in the dog.
- Mark Twain
If you have nothing to say, say nothing.
- Mark Twain
The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and
loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole
life - time, if not asked to lend money.
- Mark Twain
Always do right! This will gratify some people and astonish
the rest.
- Mark Twain
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the
things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So
throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch
the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
- Mark Twain
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