“Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”
Author
Mark Twain
1835–1910159 quotes
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." Twain's novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel."
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“When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.”
“What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself.”
“Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.”
“The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes.”
“The lack of money is the root of all evil.”
“Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.”
“Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.”
“When people do not respect us we are sharply offended yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.”
“The finest clothing made is a person's own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this.”
“All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure.”
“A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.”
“A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.”
“I have made it a rule never to smoke more that one cigar at a time.”
“It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.”
“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.”
“When in doubt tell the truth.”
“Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.”
“Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so.”
“Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.”
“Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.”
“This is siddharth testing.”
“Never let your schooling interfere with your educationsc.”
“Never schooling interfere with your education.”