Share & Save
Meaning
Not documented yet.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Not documented yet.
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Not documented yet.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
About Mark Twain
American writer, humorist, and essayist
Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He is best known for the novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and for a body of work that helped define American writing in the late 19th century. His books also include A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court and Pudd'nhead Wilson. He co-wrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today with Charles Dudley Warner. Twain's work is marked by wit, social satire, and a sharp eye for American life.
More from Mark Twain (476 quotes) →Other sayings from Mark Twain
- “It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.”Mark Twain
- “But the elastic heart of youth cannot be compressed into one constrained shape long at a time.”Mark Twain
- “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these…”Mark Twain
- “History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.”Mark Twain
Truth: more sayings
- “It is not important how much money you gave away. It is important what good it will do on the way.”Debasish Mridha
- “Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither thi…”Socrates
- “Reality. It is sometimes brought through foreign eyes; because if you do not know any better, you cannot see…”Criss Jami
Money: more sayings
- “It is not important how much money you gave away. It is important what good it will do on the way.”Debasish Mridha
- “Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither thi…”Socrates
- “Performers have the right to say what they want to, and anyone paying money has the right to accept or reject…”Penn Jillette
READ THE SOURCE
Books by Mark Twain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
One of his best-known novels.