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Pen name of Samuel Clemens (1835 - 1910) was a novelist and humorist.

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  • "To string incongruities and absurdities together in a wandering and sometimes purposeless way, and seem innocently unaware that they are absurdities, is the basis of the American art, if my position is correct."
    • Source: "How To Tell A Story" (1897)

  • "For in a republic, who is 'the country?' Is it the Government which is for the moment in the saddle? Why, the Government is merely a servant – merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn’t. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them. Who, then, is 'the country?' Is it the newspaper? Is it the pulpit? Is it the school-superintendent? Why, these are mere parts of the country, not the whole of it; they have not command, they have only their little share in the command. They are but one in the thousand; it is in the thousand that command is lodged; they must determine what is right and what is wrong; they must decide who is a patriot and who isn’t."
    • Source: "Documents Related to 'Diaries Antedating the Flood'" (from the collection The Bible According to Mark Twain)

  • "The official list of questions which the priest is required to ask will overmasteringly excite any woman who is not a paralytic."
    • Source: Letters From the Earth (written 1909-10, published 1962)

  • "A Southerner talks music."
    • Source: Life on the Mississippi Chapter 44.

Attributed

Courage

  • "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear."

Facts

  • "Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please."

Government

  • "Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it."

Honesty

  • "Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it."

Humility

  • "Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more."

Humor

  • "Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place."
  • "The humorous story is told gravely; the teller does his best to conceal the fact that he even dimly suspects that there is anything funny about it."
  • "The funniest things are the forbidden."
  • "Humor must be one of the chief attributes of God. Plants and animals that are distinctly humorous in form and characteristics are God's jokes."

Truth

  • " Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't"
  • "A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval."
  • "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society."
  • "Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain."
  • "Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live."
  • "Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with."
  • "I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position."
  • "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying that I approved of it."
  • "I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way."
  • "When in doubt, tell the truth."

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