Mark Twain Quotes
Gratitude is a debt which usually goes on accumulating like blackmail; the more you pay, the more is exacted.
Citations
Twain, Mark. The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson. American Publishing Company, 1894.
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was lauded as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature". His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), the latter often called "The Great American Novel".