Creative Quotations from . . .
Mark Twain
(1835-1910) born on Nov 30
US "novelist, journalist, river pilot". "The "Great American humorist" was also known as "The People's Author" and creator of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn."
 
   
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You perceive I generalize with intrepidity from single instances. It is the tourist's custom.

R
"Wit, by itself, is of little account. It becomes a moment only when grounded on wisdom."
A
Words in haste do friendships waste.
N
Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.
K
"Where a blood relation sobs, an intimate friend should choke up, a distant acquaintance should sigh, a stranger should merely fumble sympathetically with his handkerchief."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: ""Mark Twain's Notebooks and Journals," vol. 2, Notebook 18; ed. Frederick Anderson, 1975."
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K: ""Letters from the Earth," "From an Unfinished Burlesque of Books on Etiquette," pt. 1, "At the Funeral." ed. Bernard DeVoto, 1962."



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