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Man Is the Only Animal That Blushes or Needs to: The Wisdom of Mark Twain
"life is comical. Live it and laugh at it."
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Hardcover
Published January 1, 1970
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Mark Twain
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel." Twain also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894), and co-wrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel." Twain also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894), and co-wrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.
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April 27, 2020
I was not surprised to find the clever observations and funny quips, but I was surprised not to find the wisdom. The philosophical and theological worldview presented in this book is lazy, nihilistic, and despairing.
March 9, 2023
"Everyone is a moon, and has a darkside which he never shows to anybody."
"'Fortune knocks at every man's door one in a life,' but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon and does not hear her."
"If there was an all-powerful God, he would have made all good, and no bad."
"Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is, knows how deep a debt of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first great benefactor of our race. He brought death into the world."
"'Fortune knocks at every man's door one in a life,' but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon and does not hear her."
"If there was an all-powerful God, he would have made all good, and no bad."
"Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is, knows how deep a debt of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first great benefactor of our race. He brought death into the world."
January 11, 2022
This is a collection of Mark Twain wisdom. Seriously, how bad can it be? I find myself picking it up on occasion whenever a smile is needed. Mark Twain is/was a genius with incredible insight put into simple sentences with his unique twist. There truly is a lot of timeless wisdom between the covers.
August 21, 2008
I learned what you always learn from Mark Twain: that life is comical. Live it and laugh at it.
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