Revered as one of Americaâs greatest humorists and author of the âGreat American Novelâ (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), the words of Samuel Langhorne Clemensâmore commonly known as Mark Twainâresonate as strongly today as they did when he wrote them more than a century ago. A close friend of Nikola Tesla and heralded by William Faulkner as âthe father of American literature,â Twainâs wit, wisdom, and influence continues through the present day.
Printer, typesetter, steamboat pilot, miner, reporter, journalist, author, inventor, humorist, investor, publisher, lecturerâMark Twain was known as many things during his lifetime and has had at least as many titles thrust upon him since this death, but perhaps what he is best known for is being a source of good old-fashioned common sense. Whatever the topicâwhether science and technology, life and love, history and culture, travel and exploration, civil rights and human rights, labor and politics, or ethics and religionâTwain had much to say and many ways to say it. Here, culled from his greatest novels, speeches, letters, conversations, and lectures is the best wisdom and adviceâhumorous, sardonic, and insightful as always.