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

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Mark Twain quote: "Sometimes you gwyne to git hurt, en sometimes you gwyne to git..."
Sometimes you gwyne to git hurt, en sometimes you gwyne to git sick; but every time you's gwyne to git well agin. Mark Twain
It was indeed a glad and gracious time, and the half dozen rash spirits that ventured to disapprove of the war and cast a doubt upon its righteousness straightway got such a stern and angry warning that for their personal safety's sake they quickly shrank out of sight and offended no more in that way. Mark Twain
Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail. It won't fatten the dog. Mark Twain
Each time in fiction or in history I meet a well-defined personality I am personally interested in him, for we know each other already, because we met on the river. Mark Twain
The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor: he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them. Mark Twain
The reign of Edward VI was a singularly merciful one for those harsh times. Now that we are taking leave of him let us try to keep this in our minds, to his credit Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right..."
A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape. Mark Twain
The so-called Christian nations are the most enlightened and progressive ... but in spite of their religion, not because of it. The Church has opposed every innovation and discovery from the day of Galileo down to our own time, when the use of anesthetic in childbirth was regarded as a sin because it avoided the biblical curse pronounced against Eve. And every step in astronomy and geology ever taken has been opposed by bigotry and superstition. The Greeks surpassed us in artistic culture and... Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "If we would learn what the human race really is at bottom, we..."
If we would learn what the human race really is at bottom, we need only observe it in election times. Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your..."
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. Mark Twain
The Germans have an inhuman way of cutting up their verbs. Now a verb has a hard time enough of it in this world when it's all together. It's downright inhuman to split it up. But that's just what those Germans do. They take part of a verb and put it down here, like a stake, and they take the other part of it and put it away over yonder like another stake, and between these two limits they just shovel in German. from "Disappearance of Literature Mark Twain
The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is you really want to say. Mark Twain
Huck was always willing to take a hand in any enterprise that offered entertainment and required no capital, for he had a troublesome super-abundance of that sort of time which is not money. Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "To place man properly at the present time, he stands somewhere..."
To place man properly at the present time, he stands somewhere between the angels and the French. Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass..."
I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel they have not said enough. Mark Twain

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