Mark TwainMark Twain (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), bornSamuel Langhorne Clemens, was afamousAmericanwriter.
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- "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."[1]
- Simple: Alie spreads much faster thantruth.
- What it means: People talk about lies more than the truth.
- "A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way."[2]
- Simple: A man who lifts acat by pulling the cat'stail learns something. There is no other way to learn that.
- "New Year's Day - Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual."[3]
- Simple:New Year's Day is the time when you can try to start doing something good, but after a week fail at them.
- "There is no distinctly native American criminal class save Congress."[3]
- Simple: There are no native Americancriminals except forCongress.
- "Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself."[3]
- "Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."[3]
- Simple: Do not say that the world owes you something because the world was here before you.
- "No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session."[3]
- Simple: No one's life,liberty or property are safe while Congress is making laws.
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