The Wisdom of Mark Twain - Famous Quotes
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
- Mark Twain quotes and sayings.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Well know for his famous quotes. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "The Great American Novel".
Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the setting for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. He served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion in Nevada. He referred humorously to his lack of success at mining, turning to journalism for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise. In 1865, his humorous story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was published, based on a story that he heard at Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California where he had spent some time as a miner. The short story brought international attention and was even translated into classic Greek. His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty.
Twain earned a great deal of money from his writings and lectures, but he invested in ventures that lost most of it-notably the Paige Compositor, a mechanical typesetter that failed because of its complexity and imprecision. He filed for bankruptcy in the wake of these financial setbacks, but he eventually overcame his financial troubles with the help of Henry Huttleston Rogers. He chose to pay all his pre-bankruptcy creditors in full, even though he had no legal responsibility to do so.
Twain was born shortly after an appearance of Halley's Comet, and he predicted that he would "go out with it" as well; he died the day after the comet returned. He was lauded as the "greatest American humorist of his age", and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature".
Here are some of his famous and not so famous quotes and wisdom.
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“Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.” Boy ain’t that the truth! 😆🤣😂😄
Ben Franklin and Samuel Clemens--two people I would have loved to have a chat with!
One of my idols since childhood and Tom sawyer
there are so many awesome quotes.
My favorite quote from him was "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
Oh my..there is so much to learn here.thank you for your video..
Twain and George Carlin are kindred spirits
Enjoyed the Video, article and the music, well done.
This has been out here 10 yrs and I just noticed this.
We get so involved into the media, that people forget about people like Mark Twain. Instead of talking about "The jersey Shore" or Who wore it better, talk about "The last book you read" or "The meaning of things in life" you may wake up the next day refreshed =))!! 9 people got it so far!! I'm the 10th
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“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” ― Mark Twain
"Classic, a book which people praise and don't read" has been my favorite of all time by Mark Twait. In school they also possible to study classics without reading
He's still alive through all of us here. Although he'd never approve of it.
So hard to fathom the phantom depths of this pure true genius' humor.
1551 hits,im sure lady gaga bitney and paris h. get more,but i like to think i may have learned somthing,if i can recall at least one of these qoutes 10 years from now it (watching this vid)was worth it,so many gems! forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heal that crushed it,beautiful !
I was about to say something witty, but everything would seem trivial to this man's wisdom, so I'd say Mark Twain is one of the best authors of all time. History is made by people like him.
Every photograph portrays an inner calm and a knowing wisdom.
My favorite: Lack of money is the root of all evil.
If he were alive today, he'd be a stand-up comedian.
I always see people quoting rap and current music artists today with things about life and love....what happened to men like this, just because he didn't put it in a catchy song doesn't mean it possesses less meaning.
If he were alive today, he'd be 175 years old !!!
Thank you!
Can you imagine having him as your grandfather?
lol..i watched lake placid last night and there is a script where the sheriff quotes his name..it is the first time i heard of his name...
If I were to go back in time and talk to anyone from history.......this guy would be the one. (I don't know any other language) =P
Awesome...
Anybody know the piece of muaic playing? Composer etc. Ty
imagen if we all was just ½ as wise as him wow what a great place earth would be
I think that last quote was actually from Oscar Wilde
but did he ever win the mark twain prize for American humor?
@ryanmshepard92 In a way that just what he was in his time.
If he really said "lack of money is the root of all evil." He was wrong on that point .."Fear is the root of all evil" Four it disrupts clear thinking, self confidence and determination. ................................................................................................................................................. " They that have conquered fear and doubt have conquered failure." ~ James Allen.
This is really funny
:notbad: that guy really had it all figured out
Really? No audio except stupid music background?