Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) was an American author and humorist. He has often been praised as one of America’s greatest humorists, and American writer William Faulkner called him “the father of American Literature.”
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.
When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don’t mean utterly, but kill most of them–then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together. They give strength when they are far apart.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) was an American author and humorist. He has often been praised as one of America’s greatest humorists, and American writer William Faulkner called him “the father of American Literature.”
Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
Always do right. This will surprise some people and astonish the rest.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) was an American author and humorist. He has often been praised as one of America’s greatest humorists, and American writer William Faulkner called him “the father of American Literature.”
Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?
Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.
Samuel Clemens (1835-1910), better know by his pen name of Mark Twain, is often recognized as one of America’s greatest humorists. Novelist and writer William Faulkner called him the “father of American literature.” While he was in California in 1865, his literary skills struck gold with the story of “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.”
I can live for two months on a good compliment.
No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot.
Samuel Clemens (1835-1910), better know by his pen name of Mark Twain, is often recognized as one of America’s greatest humorists. Novelist and writer William Faulkner called him the “father of American literature.” While he was in California in 1865, his literary skills struck gold with the story of “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.”
Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful of your life.
If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.
Samuel Clemens (1835-1910), better know by his pen name of Mark Twain, is often recognized as one of America’s greatest humorists. Novelist and writer William Faulkner called him the “father of American literature.” While he was in California in 1865, his literary skills struck gold with the story of “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.”
I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.
From John 14:1: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me.”
Writer
Mississippi River
Tom and Huck
Classics of American literature
Humorist
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Microbiologist
French born
Researcher of vaccinations
Saving thousands of lives
Remarkable
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Actor
“Stagecoach” fame
“The Quiet Man”
Saddles up “True Grit”
Legendary
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The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.
Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.
Novelist
Mark Twain
Classic American Literature
Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn
Extraordinary
Walking
Former homesite
Peaceful hilltop garden
Chestnut Ridge beckons hikers
Ohio
Both of the photographs were taken in 2018. The river scene is from the Mississippi River along the Illinois-Iowa border. The homesite is from the top of a ridge at Chestnut Ridge Metro Park in central Ohio. I enjoy using some of my photography with my writing.
Big Sky Buckeye 