You would be surprised how many people type in Mark Twain quotes in their Google search bar. The guy is still relevant, and his thoughts written over 100 years ago still strike a chord with many people today. Born in 1835, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by his pseudonym of Mark Twain, remains one of the greatest novelists and humorists that America has ever produced. To this day, quotes by Mark Twain are repeated from memory by many worldwide. However, the author's intelligent quotes are far from the only thing he left behind. Nowadays praised as a civil rights activist, Twain has left a worldwide legacy that has continued since his death over 100 years ago.
Not only has Twain inspired the American literary canon, but he also influenced American culture, and the writer's quotes remain practical to this day. His written works challenged and brought to light the issues America faced in the nineteenth century, such as imperialism, racism, class barriers, access to education, and much more. Two of his perhaps best-known works, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, indirectly addressed the many problems of American culture. These novels are where many of Twain's popular quotes are derived from.
Twain was a brilliant person who had a curious mind and soul of a wanderer and traveled a lot throughout his life. Some folks even regard him as one of the greatest geniuses of all time. After all, there are not that many powerful quotes by famous people that seemingly make it to every other presentation or a public speech. Well, the quotes from Mark Twain do. Want to deliver a killer speech? Or get your creative juices flowing and activate 100 percent of your brain power? We've got you.
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"Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured."
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#42
"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society."
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#43
"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not."
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#44
"We have the best government that money can buy."
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#45
"Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work."
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#46
"Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself."
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#47
"Humor is mankind's greatest blessing."
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#48
"Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel."
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#49
"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
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#50
"The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little."
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#51
"Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved."
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#52
"Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial 'we."
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#53
"Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please."
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#54
"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."
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#55
"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."
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#56
"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it."
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#57
"Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow."
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#58
"Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one."
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#59
"Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet."
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#60
"Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied."
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