- He was an American writer, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer
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| Real name: | Samuel Langhorne Clemens | | Born: | 30 November 1835 Comment | | When did Mark Twain die? / Died | 21 April 1910 | | How many years did Mark Twain live? / Lived | 74 years | | Where was Mark Twain born? | Florida, Missouri, US | | Where did Mark Twain die? / Deathplace | Redding, Connecticut, US | | Zodiac sign: | Sagittarius |
Mark Twain Net worth 2024 (estimated)
| | How much is Mark Twain worth? | Under review
| | Nationality: | American |
Who was Mark Twain? / Facts
- Famous novels - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "The Great American Novel"
- He was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the setting for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
- After an apprenticeship with a printer, Twain worked as a typesetter and contributed articles to the newspaper of his older brother, Orion Clemens
- He later became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion in Nevada
- He referred humorously to his lack of success at mining, turning to journalism for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise
- In 1865, his humorous story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was published, based on a story he heard at Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California, where he had spent some time as a miner
- The short story brought international attention, and was even translated into classic Greek
- His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty
- Though Twain earned a great deal of money from his writings and lectures, he invested in ventures that lost a great deal of money, notably the Paige Compositor, a mechanical typesetter, which failed because of its complexity and imprecision
- In the wake of these financial setbacks, he filed for protection from his creditors via bankruptcy, and with the help of Henry Huttleston Rogers eventually overcame his financial troubles
- Twain chose to pay all his pre-bankruptcy creditors in full, though he had no legal responsibility to do so
- Twain was born shortly after a visit by Halley's Comet, and he predicted that he would "go out with it", too
- He died the day after the comet returned
- He was lauded as the "greatest American humorist of his age", and William Faulkner called Twain "the father of American literature"
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Quotes
- Necessity is the mother of taking chances.
- Necessity is the mother of taking chances.
- We have the best government that money can buy.
The more you explain it, the more I don't understand it.
- When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not.
- Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.
- Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
- But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?
- 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.
- Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
- I never let schooling interfere with my education.
- When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.
- Man was made at the end of the week's work, when God was tired.
- Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
- Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.
- All generalizations are false, including this one.
- If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
- Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.
- A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.
- It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
- Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
- Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
- All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.
- Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
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Last update: 02 November 2018
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