Mark Twain Quotes


That is just the way it is with some people. They will get down on a thing when they don’t know nothing about it.


Context

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910


Citations

Mark Twain Writer, Founder, Anti-Imperialist League, Dialogue in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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Mark Twain
  • Born: November 30, 1835
  • Died: April 21, 1910
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Author

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".