Samuel Clemens
Mark Twain

(1835-1910)

American Author, Social Reformer

birthdate: November 30
birthplace:
Florida, Missouri

QUOTES

"Always do right; this will gratify some people and astonish the rest."

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.

The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

I have no color prejudices nor caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. All I care to know is that a man is a human being, and that is enough for me; he can't be any worse.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect.

The trouble with the world is not that people know too little, but that they know so many things that ain't so.

It is a worthy thing to fight for one's freedom; it is another sight finer to fight for another man's.

There are many humorous things in the world, among them the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages.

 

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