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 ."
Poems are below...
Articles about Mark Twain or articles that mention Mark Twain.
Here are a few random quotes by Mark Twain.
See also: All Mark Twain Quotes
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. Go to Quote / Comment
I have got enough of the old masters! Brown says he has "shook" them, and I think I will shake them, too. You wander through a mile of picture... Go to Quote / Comment
There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable, and smokable which has in any way acquired a shady reputation. They pay this price for health. And health is all they get for it. How strange it is. It is like paying out your whole fortune for a cow that has gone dry. Go to Quote / Comment
Whoever is happy will make others happy, too Go to Quote / Comment
Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities. Go to Quote / Comment