Some inspirational, interesting and entertaining statements of the famous American writer, humorist, critic and human rights activist, essayist Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka Mark Twain, died on April 21, 1910, at Stormfield House, Redding, Connecticut. Mark Twain was a world famous American writer, humorist, critic and human rights activist. He has been called the greatest humorist of the United States. William Faulkner called him the father of American literature. He was born on November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri. Some inspirational, interesting, entertaining and thoughtful statements of Mark Twain are presented here -

When I was a 14-year-old boy, my father was so ignorant that I couldn't tolerate having that old man around. But when I turned 21, I was amazed to see how much that old man had learned in seven years.

Don't give up your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have stopped living.

Prudence and happiness are an impossible combination.

What would men be without women? Rare, sir...extremely rare.

If you tell the truth you don't need to remember anything.

Good friends, good books and a sleeping conscience, this is the ideal life.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to make improvements (or stop and think).

The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.

Never put off until tomorrow the work that can be done the day after tomorrow.

A classic, a book that people admire and don't read.

I never let my schooling interfere with my education

Fear of death arises from fear of life. A person who lives fully is ready to die at any time.

A lie can go halfway around the world while the truth is wearing its shoes.

Never tell the truth to people who don't deserve it.

Stay away from people who try to diminish your ambitions. Small people do that all the time, but really great people make you feel like you can be great too.

In a good book room you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing all the knowledge contained in the books through your skin, without even opening them.

Choose the damn option every time you feel like writing a lot. Your editor will remove it and the writing will be as it should be.

Reader, let's just say you were a fool. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.

Don't keep saying that the world is indebted to you for your livelihood. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

I didn't attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I accepted it.

I was satisfied to be able to answer immediately, and I did. I said I don't know.

But who prays for the devil? Who in eighteen centuries had the common humanity to pray for the sinner who needed it most?

Never let someone be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.

I am not afraid of death. I was dead billions and trillions of years before I was born, and it didn't bother me in the slightest.

The difference between the almost right word and the right word is actually a big matter. It's the difference between a lightning bug and lightning.

Loyalty to the country always! Loyalty to the government, when it deserves it.

Wrinkles only mark where the smile is.

Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else. -Mark Twain