Mark Twain

Mark Twain

Mark Twain (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was a famous American writer.

Sourced quotes

• "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."    

Simple: A lie spreads much faster than truth.

What it means: People talk about lies more than the truth.

• "A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way."    

Simple: A man who lifts a cat by pulling the cat's tail learns something. There is no other way to learn that.

• "New Year's Day - Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual."    

Simple: New Year's Day is the time when you can try to start doing something good, but after a week fail at them.

• "There is no distinctly native American criminal class save Congress."    

Simple: There are no native American criminals except for Congress.

• "Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself."

• "Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."

Simple: Do not say that the world owes you something because the world was here before you.

• "No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session."   

Simple: No one's life, liberty or property are safe while Congress is making laws.

Other websites

• Mark Twain on Wikipedia
• Mark Twain on Wikimedia Commons
• Works by Mark Twain on the English Wikisource