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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Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities
By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man's, I mean
Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written
Better a broken promise than none at all
Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today
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
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter
Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often
A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape
A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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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."
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Essays