Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat. Mark Twain FULL NAME: Samuel Langhorne Clemens BORN: November 30, 1835 DIED: April 21, 1910 BIRTHPLACE: Florida, Missouri SPOUSE: Olivia Langdon (1870-1904)… Read More ›
Mark Twain
Inventors
Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident. Mark Twain Mark Twain (born November 30, 1835, Florida, Missouri, U.S.—died April 21, 1910, Redding, Connecticut) was an American humorist, journalist, lecturer, and novelist who acquired international fame for his travel narratives, especially The Innocents Abroad (1869), Roughing… Read More ›
Difference
The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter – ’tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning. Mark Twain Mark Twain, pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, (born November 30, 1835, Florida, Missouri,… Read More ›
Drink
Sometimes too much drink is barely enough. Mark Twain Mark Twain was born in Florida, Missouri on 30 November 1835, the sixth child born to Jane Lampton (1803-1890) and John Marshall Clemens (1798-1847). In 1839 the Twain family moved to… Read More ›