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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His money is twice tainted: taint yours and taint mine. Go to Quote / Comment
Be careless in your dress if you will, but keep a tidy soul. Go to Quote / Comment
I never could tell a lie that anybody would doubt, nor a truth that anybody would believe. Go to Quote / Comment
To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know, I've done it a thousand times. Go to Quote / Comment
We are always too busy for our children; we never give them the time or interest they deserve. We lavish gifts upon them; but the most precious gift, our personal association, which means so much to them, we give grudgingly. Go to Quote / Comment