Autobiography of Mark Twain
Author: Mark Twain Category: Autobiography Published: November 15, 2010 Language: English File Size: 887 KB Tags: American | autobiography | Biography | Classics | History | Humor | Literature | Memoir | Nonfiction |Theme:
Autobiography of Mark Twain explores the theme of the Civil War, slavery and race relations, the colonization of the American West, world travel in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and notable literary and historical figures.
Summary:
It is a memoir by the legendary American author Mark Twain. Dictated to biographer Albert Paine from 1906 to 1910, the year of Twain’s death, the book contains lengthy reminiscences and commentary on the author’s life, work, and the society in which he lived.
Famous Quotes:
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
The lack of money is the root of all evil.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
Don’t let schooling interfere with your education.
The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to cheer someone else up.
If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.
The world owes you nothing; it was here first.
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.
Beautiful Lines:
Success is not the absence of failure; it’s the persistence through failure.
It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.
A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read.
Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.
To get the full value of joy, you must have someone to divide it with.
The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.
Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you would rather have talked.
I haven’t a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming petty vices.
The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become.
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.
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