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 ."
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In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards. Education Go to Quote / Comment
There are lies, damned lies and statistics. Go to Quote / Comment
Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand. Go to Quote / Comment
It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it. Go to Quote / Comment
In religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination. Go to Quote / Comment