better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called “The Great American Novel”. Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which provided the ...
“A failure of imagination. We’ve always known there was the possibility of fire in a spacecraft. But the fear was that it would happen in space, when you’re 180 miles from terra firma and the nearest fire station. That was the worry. No one ever imagined it could happen on the g...
Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910) was the writer of such classics as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. as well as the strongly anti-religious Letters from the Earth. He was known for his biting wit and sarcasm. Quotes File:Mark Twain life 1900s.jpg 200px The Bible is ...
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49. “Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all of one’s lifetime.”— Mark Twain 50. “Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to...
10. “I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.”– Mark Twain 11. “Not all those who wander are lost.”– J.R.R. Tolkien 12. “I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine.”...
Mark Twain Quotes About Kindness #5 You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force. Publilius Syrus Quotes About Kindness #6 Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution. ...
Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime” – Mark Twain Traveling can make a world of difference. This quote is so profound and true. I believe that if more people traveled, there would ...
Top 10 List Of Courage QuotationsCourage Quotes #1 Courage is resistance to fear; mastery of fear - not absence of fear. Mark Twain Courage Quotes #2 Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow. Dan Rather Courage Quotes #3 All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to ...