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American Author, Writer November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910

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Yes, take it all around, there is quite a good deal of information in the book. I regret this very much; but really it could not be helped.-from the Prefatory Mark Twain
There are three infallible ways of pleasing an author, and the three form a rising scale of compliment: 1, to tell him you have read one of his books; 2, to tell him you have read all of his books; 3, to ask him to let you read the manuscript of his forthcoming book. No. 1 admits you to his respect; No. 2 admits you to his admiration; No. 3 carries you clear into his heart. Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "Those who don't read good books have no advantage over those..."
Those who don't read good books have no advantage over those who can't. Mark Twain
I haven't any right to criticise books, and I don't do it except when I hate them. I often want to criticise Jane Austen, but her books madden me so that I can't conceal my frenzy from the reader; and therefore I have to stop every time I begin. Every time I read 'Pride and Prejudice' I want to dig her up and hit her over the skull with her own shin-bone. Mark Twain
I haven't any right to criticize books, and I don't do it except when I hate them. I often want to criticize Jane Austen, but her books madden me so that I can't conceal my frenzy from the reader; and therefore I have to stop every time I begin. Every time I read Pride and Prejudice I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone. Mark Twain
This book is merely a personal narrative, and not a pretentious history or a philosophical dissertation. It is a record of several years of variegated vagabondizing, and it's object is rather to help the resting reader while away an idle hour than afflict him with metaphysics, or goad him with science. Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "If books are not good company, where shall I find it?"
If books are not good company, where shall I find it? Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint."
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "Be careful reading health books. You might die of a misprint."
Be careful reading health books. You might die of a misprint. Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine...."
My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks water. Mark Twain
A big leather-bound volume makes an ideal razorstrap. A thing book is useful to stick under a table with a broken caster to steady it. A large, flat atlas can be used to cover a window with a broken pane. And a thick, old-fashioned heavy book with a clasp is the finest thing in the world to throw at a noisy cat. Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read."
'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read. Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "Words are only painted fire; a book is the fire itself."
Words are only painted fire; a book is the fire itself. Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "Which is him?" The grammar was faulty, maybe, but we could not..."
Which is him?" The grammar was faulty, maybe, but we could not know, then, that it would go in a book someday. Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else."
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else. Mark Twain

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