Samuel Langhorne Clemens
United States
30 Nov 1835 // 21 Apr 1910
Writer / Author
30 Nov 1835 // 21 Apr 1910
Writer / Author
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To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal
Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others
There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist
There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy
The wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession
The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right
The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all
The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little
The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives
The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays