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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If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life
Every generalization is dangerous, especially this one
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society
Always do right. That will gratify some of the people and astonish the rest
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure
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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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