Mark Twain

Florida, Missouri

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Genius

Genius, like gold and precious stones,
is chiefly prized because of its rarity.

Geniuses are people who dash of weird, wild,
incomprehensible poems with astonishing facility,
and get booming drunk and sleep in the gutter.

Genius elevates its possessor to ineffable spheres
far above the vulgar world and fills his soul
with regal contempt for the gross and sordid things of earth.

It is probably on account of this
that people who have genius
do not pay their board, as a general thing.

Geniuses are very singular.

If you see a young man who has frowsy hair
and distraught look, and affects eccentricity in dress,
you may set him down for a genius.

If he sings about the degeneracy of a world
which courts vulgar opulence
and neglects brains,
he is undoubtedly a genius.

If he is too proud to accept assistance,
and spurns it with a lordly air
at the very same time
that he knows he can't make a living to save his life,

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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He is most noted for his novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "the Great American Novel."

Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which would later provide the ...

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Good-bye! a kind good-bye,
I bid you now, my friend,
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“If you tell the truth, you dont have to remember anything.”

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“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”

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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”

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“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”

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Evander 11 July 2019

He is a nice person

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Your Name 21 March 2019

Such a good poet but only wrote 7

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Brent m 08 March 2019

I love mark twain he is such a good poem writer

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Joseph H 05 March 2019

just used it for an essay

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Joseph H 05 March 2019

I enjoy the quote “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.” very much

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seb. f 30 January 2019

write the poem anyway included in dog man

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Kenco?????? 20 November 2018

Mark twain Shouldn’t it be Choo choo twain

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Daddy 09 October 2018

Its Finger lickin good- Mark Twain

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i dont know 27 September 2018

i like him so much because of his white hair

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Smaira 27 August 2018

Amazing poems

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Nang May Thu 17 June 2018

Environment

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hahahaha 16 May 2018

he was a very good person while he was living he is now 182 years old

14 2 Reply

David 04 May 2018

Just used one of his poems for my anthology, his collection of essays is impressive and is such a great writer, love this man to bits. Always inspiring and a guider in my life, truly great man.

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you done now 01 May 2018

your an stupid kid! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! lmaooo

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? ? 11 March 2021

no you

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banana~nana 25 April 2018

Mårk Twaïñ mâde grêat pøems!

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Mark Twain is very stupid 19 March 2018

Mark Twain is very stupid! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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