Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), well known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain is noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), which has been called "the Great American Novel", and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). He is extensively quoted. Twain was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty.
Twain was very popular, and his keen wit and incisive satire earned praise from critics and peers. Upon his death he was lauded as the "greatest American humorist of his age", and William Faulkner called Twain "the father of American literature"
MEMORABLE QUOTES:
- A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
- A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.
- A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.
- A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
- Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.
- All right, then, I’ll go to hell.
- Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.
- Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relieve denied even to prayer.
