Mark Twain Quotes Even Huck Would Love
Mark Twain quotes prove difficult to resist. Read one, and before you know it, you're floating down the Mississippi with Huck and Jim, or in a Nevada silver mine, or bouncing around in a stagecoach through the mountains of the great west.
One read through some quotes from Mark
Twain, and his colorful life is evident.
His early works showcase his unique wit and humorous inclinations.
Works that he authored later in life more grimly embody the sorrows that he endured, including the deaths of loved ones and his own bout with deep depression.
"The Father of American Literature" WM. Faulkner
Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Mark Twain's his most famous works have to be The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. His unwillingness to tiptoe around pressing Civil War Era issues, such as slavery, earned Huck's Adventure the classification of a Great American Novel.
Searching for the Next Mark Twain Famous Quote
At the close of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom and Huck find gold. We readers of Twain's work continue to uncover the same in Mark Twain quotes.
Because he worked under so many pen names (Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass, among others), his works continue to be revealed. In fact, a Mark Twain quotation has been uncovered as recently as 1995.
Born: November 30, 1835 (with Halley's Comet)
Died: April 21, 1910 (also with Halley's Comet...Twain predicted that his own death would occur with the return of the comet)
Nationality: American
Education: Very little, other than self-education in a library
Occupation: Printer's apprentice, typesetter, printer, steam boat pilot, miner, actor, author, humorist, inventor
Interests/Hobbies: Cats, dogs, gadgets,
parapsychology, science, travel
Your Top Ten Mark Twain Quotes:
"Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been." - Mark Twain
Also see: Cute Birthday Quotes
"Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great." - Mark Twain
Also see: Inspirational Quotes
"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest." - Mark Twain
"When you cannot get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one." - Mark Twain
"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." - Mark Twain
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." - Mark Twain
Also see: Inspirational Quotes about Education
"To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with." - Mark Twain
Also see: Friendship and Love Quotes
"If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way." - Mark Twain
"I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell - you see, I have friends in both places." - Mark Twain
Also see: Friendship Quotes, Funny Quotes
"The first half of my life I went to school, the second half of my life I got an education." - Mark Twain