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) →Keep reading Mark Twain
- “Obscurity and a competence—that is the life that is best worth living.”Mark Twain
- “The more you explain it, the more I don't understand it.”Mark Twain
- “Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run.”Mark Twain
- “Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.”Mark Twain
Death: more sayings
- “Poor friend and learned physician, my sensitive and gentle companion, instead of treating and curing the sick…”Miklós Nyiszli
- “The most important thing I learned on Tralfamadore was that when a person dies heonly appears to die. He is s…”Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
- “Most times, life or death is the highest stake a person can play for.”Jim Starlin
READ THE SOURCE
Books by Mark Twain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
One of his best-known novels.