Mark Twain Was More Interesting Than You Thought

[@sadies243]

"The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why." - Mark Twain

[@maznkhhhn7554]

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[@MindlessTube]

Which is a dumb quote. Why were you born? Because your parents decided not to abort you. If you talking about why as in you were born to do something that is just whatever you feel like it being no real reasoning or logic around it.

[@comdrive3865]

Twain was from much simpler times, you either died or didn't. Purpose for many was a lot simpler then, as was the language. PC killed thought in the 21st

[@MarCapa-ed5uv]

@MindlessTube I believe the quote just flew above your head. His comment means that when you find purpose in life, you still want to stay around. I’ve been dealing with depression like many, and it is a bastard that won’t stop telling you “you have no purpose here, why even bother?”. When it drags me down, it feels as if I were this programmed robot who lives just to work, eat, and sleep. And, there’s the others, the ones who make this world keep going, those who feel they’re here for a valid reason.

[@smilingthroughitall1115]

My favorite quote from him: "The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog."

[@lunartears6761]

🤣

[@SweetChicagoGator]

I saw a bumper sticker to that effect great quote ! "The more people I meet the more I like my dog !" 🤣

[@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391]

Do you know ALL of his quotes ?

[@SweetChicagoGator]

@@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391 You can get a book of Mark Twain's quotes at Barnes & Noble bookstore ! 😂

[@iyeetsecurity922]

My dog can back this up.

[@Wil_Dasovich]

Mark Twain was one of the greatest men to ever live

[@darrellchaseleggett8117]

@@allianceoflight9473 Freemasons just a guys club. Nothing more

[@davidh6300]

I've read a lot of his books, and yes he had a very interesting and busy life.

[@jennyrose9454]

@@allianceoflight9473 how you know what he did or didnt believe privately? Don't judge a persons salvation or not

[@jennyrose9454]

@@allianceoflight9473 your lack of manners is disturbing. Your momma proud?😁

[@jennyrose9454]

@@allianceoflight9473 all in saying is we dont know who goes to heaven or hell.

[@PeaceAndProgress1242]

My favourite Mark Twain quote is "When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction."

[@miinacho9196]

saaaaammmmeeee

[@dylanhaugen3739]

We'd get along great than.

[@shumob4901]

Finally some dude who doesn't like dogs.

[@miriambucholtz9315]

I can empathize with that.

[@peterhall8590]

He had good things to say about dogs as well. My favorite Twain quote is from a short story "A Guide to Heaven". "You can't take your dog to Heaven. Entry into Heaven is by favor not merit. If it was by merit your dog would go to Heaven and you would not".

[@mastersasori01]

Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. Two faves!

[@owenwolfco.8344]

“Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe.” - Mark Twain

[@allianceoflight9473]

Stolen from Jesus..Those Freemasons always copy and Mock the Most High... Maybe your Being pointed in the Wrong direction...

[@lauragarrard919]

@@allianceoflight9473 Amen.

[@perfectmysterious1155]

Never let SCHOOLING and impacts of any less knowledge SCHOLARS and any ALLEGED Religious interfere with your EDUCATION .I.E THE DIVINE AND GENUINE FOR GOOD AND GOODNESS INSTRUCTIONS you live with and come to know and feel the difference through as well and that may be misused or corrupt by such interference and contradictions

[@adventureguy4119]

@@allianceoflight9473 WoW thank you so much for this !

[@maznkhhhn7554]

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[@gerryfromthevoid8986]

He was already ridiculously fascinating to me. His mind was incredible and the thoughts he left with us are treasure.

[@milkberry698]

Why? Tell meee why

[@gerryfromthevoid8986]

@@milkberry698 His books are great, he has some insightful and funny quotes, his attitude was interesting, etc

[@dumbestoyster]

"Now & then we had a hope that if we lived & were good, God would permit Us to be Pirates"...Mark Twain

[@gscasale7772]

Huckleberry Finn?

[@pollypocket3508]

Man, when I hear "100 years ago" I think of like 1880-1900, not 1920. I feel so old.

[@violetdreams1799]

Ever since the start of the 2000's, i've had a hard time comprehending just how much time has passed...

[@lindatisue733]

Yeah, I still think of a new car as one made after 2000.

[@jennyrose9454]

Me too sis

[@kyliepechler]

Same here. My brain still has trouble registering 1920 as being 100 years ago.

[@Terri_MacKay]

I was watching some Charlie Chaplin short films a while ago, and most of them were from the 1910's. Once I started really thinking about it, I got totally freaked out that I was watching MOVIES that were over a hundred years old!! 😳

[@revlulu]

Mark Twain made it possible for a destitute and dying Ulysses S. Grant to publish his memoirs and make enough money for Grant’s wife Julia to live comfortably for the rest of her life.

[@dixieboy5689]

Thank you.

[@pedrofrancochau2643]

Great tidbit thank you, upon your mention i read further!

[@SweetChicagoGator]

TFS ! I didn't know that ! I knew that Grant was broke but not that Twain helped him publish? A true man of compassion !

[@Thepourdeuxchanson]

I wish more people knew that. Grant was the worst hand with money. He worked on his book almost to the very end of his cancer-ridden life, and Mark Twain supported him.

[@SweetChicagoGator]

@@Thepourdeuxchanson Mark Twain is a great American intellectual & hero ! He also supported the famous blind woman, Helen Keller. He paid her University tuition.

[@katrabbit]

I have a book of "Twainisms" Lots of little quotes and written thoughts of Mark Twain. I read it whenever I need a little jump.

[@ringo1692]

That's something that everyone should have in their life, I believe I will have to get myself one! Thanks! 😀👍

[@frank124c]

It was Mark Twain who said, "If you tell lies you have to have a good memory." Everyone thinks it was Judge Judy who originally said this, she was just quoting Mark Twain.

[@aaronburratwood.6957]

“A man that tells the truth never has to remember what he said”

[@aaronburratwood.6957]

“Mark Twain also wrote about a man he named Ni**er Jim so I’m not sure everything he said is 100% awesome.” -Louis CK.

[@frank124c]

@@aaronburratwood.6957 Even though Twain was from the south, he was opposed to slavery. If you read some of his books you can tell he was very liberal for his time and place. He did use certain words that upset us today, but in his day those words were acceptable. But it is clear from his writings that Twain was a man of compassion and he felt truly sorry for the terrible things that were being done.

[@Sandy.J.Lloyd.Sr.]

@Frank Frank, It’s very disrespectful to use someone’s quote and not give them the credit, especially by someone who thinks they’re better than everyone else, i.e. Judge Judy.

[@numerum_bestia]

1. Does anybody actually think that actors in reality tv shows write their own lines? 2. Why would everybody think she wrote that quote? 3. Who is watching Judge Judy often enough to formulate an opinion on where her quotes come from? Have you surveyed a large amount of people that spend their days in the waiting rooms of hospitals?

[@baylorsailor]

Mark Twain is my favorite historical figure. ❤... His quotes are the best imo.

[@daBEAGLE1017]

Too bad his classics are being scrutinized for the racist views of Twains time even if it wasnt meant in a negative way.

[@daBEAGLE1017]

@DuQuan Washington maybe they should change Huck Finns race to black to avoid criticism when he uses the "N" word then. The thing is, people actually proposed what i just wrote to keep it a classic. Sad.

[@baylorsailor]

Twain is giving a big middle finger to the morons who want to "cancel" him. They can grow up and move on. The man is a legend!

[@mrcrackdonald_1]

Bro has the greatest quotes ever I swear “Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience”

[@djrichvicious]

“I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.” Mark Twain

[@thaace88]

Who was he talking about 😮 ?

[@kimwhitehead9096]

The greatest satirical, American writer. He was so well connected. He was so well traveled. Poor Lake Tahoe. We can never, ever allow him to be cancelled. “Roughing It” is underrated.

[@chevychase3103]

I say cancel one cancel them all. Nobody cares anymore anyway!

[@nautifella]

The *_Bridgeport Inn_* located in Bridgeport in the Easter Sierras of California, has a suite that it is *documented* that he stayed in during his travels. If you request the "Samuel Clemens Suite," you pay the regular room rate. If you request the _"Mark Twain Suite"_ you pay double. I've seen it with my own eyes. It was twenty years ago, so the policy may have changed.

[@nessamillikan6247]

I know. I feel like this cancel culture means eventually canceling half of the writers who ever lived, just because their works aren’t perfectly and cosmically in line with the pc culture of today. Of course these works won’t-they were written over a century ago. Just because we come across some offensive words doesn’t mean that the whole text is racist and ill-willed. We have to be tolerant and see the big picture despite the details, look for the message through the parts that are unsavory, or we’re all going to end up glorifying weaknesses like hypersensitivity and narcissism as traits of virtue.

[@dingusdingus2152]

Too late. You will probably not be able to find a copy of Huckleberry Finn in any library anywhere. In it he makes numerous use of the n word. Pretty much anything worth reading has either already been cancelled or eventually will be.

[@thurin84]

"never let schooling interfere in your education." mark twain. words more true today then when mr clemens spoke them.

[@MarCapa-ed5uv]

He actually said: “I never let my schooling interfere with my education”.

[@tophermoose8464]

“I had a premonition that it would happen just the way it did.” -Mark Twain

[@mats7492]

He also stole the expensive cigars of German emperor Wilhelm II, when he got invited to dinner at the palace in 1892

[@lilivonshtup3808]

Aye, a badass, too!

[@nautifella]

It would have been rude of him to waste the opportunity.

[@thoughtfuldevil6069]

Mark Twain's uncanny ability to predict his own death always stuck with me. He went in and out with Halley's Comet, eeriest damn thing, right?

[@ReddFoxx1562]

He was born within a month of the comet and then died a day after its return, after complaining about the idea that he wouldn't die with its return. Since he was basically on his deathbed then it wouldn't be out of his character to just expedite his exit. This isn't eerie at all.

[@thoughtfuldevil6069]

@@ReddFoxx1562 Ah, see I didn't know those extra details. Without those, it sounded pretty eerie. But hey, the more you know and all that.

[@ReddFoxx1562]

@@thoughtfuldevil6069 ...it was literally noted in this admittedly bad video. But hey, Twain's century book is an exhausting but rewarding read with a lot of shit talking if you have a month to read it!

[@thoughtfuldevil6069]

@@ReddFoxx1562 I commented before watching the video. I did watch the video but I may have gotten distracted by my cat or something when that part was mentioned, or never bothered to edit the comment, or made the connection, etc. But I might check that book out, thanks for the recommendation! If I got through Oahspe and Crowley's books and all kinds of obscure, esoteric literaturein High School I'm sure I could get through Century sooner or later, lol.

[@ReddFoxx1562]

@@thoughtfuldevil6069 ... ...alright, well give it a whirl when you can. But please never ever, for any reason, comment on a video or any other work without experiencing it. It's a disservice to yourself as well as art. But good on you for being open to things you don't already know about so keep on with that ambition.

[@maidenminnesota1]

You know when people ask you "What historical figure would you like to meet or have dinner with?" My answer is either Mark Twain or Theodore Roosevelt. Both men are fascinating! Twain was also well-traveled, and I love reading some of his commentary on his travels. He was a very "colorful" writer.

[@madamesalamander16]

I second Theodore Roosevelt. There's a man who must have had some incredible life advice!

[@julianwaugh968]

A great and good man,a philosopher and wit. It would be a shame if Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn were banned because they used the language of the time ( N).

[@bcaye]

@David Single, it's already been done. Think recently how the movie Django Unchained was harrassed about that (the n word) despite that language being the norm in that era. But Twain's book has gotten hassled for using the verbiage much longer. Some places have already banned it for years.

[@jamesobrian1643]

@David Single Nothings safe anymore my friend. The time of Great Men such as Roosevelt, Twain, FDR, Lincoln, Grant, and many more seems to have passed.

[@mauricegibney8449]

@@madamesalamander16 Did not Roosevelt turn away the Jews fleeing from Hitler. Voyage of the dammed. The state department said it would not interfere in Cuban affairs when the 937 mostly Jews were turned away from Havana harbour.

[@andrefecteau]

toss up of best 2 lines: "Golf is a good walk spoiled" " I spent most of my money on wine, women and song, the rest I just wasted"

[@Navigator87110]

IIRC, Twain would give "speeches" -- in which he would try very hard to make the audience laugh, and very carefully gauged what the audience thought was and was not funny, thereby making him, possibly, the first stand-up comedian.

[@andrewjohnson4495]

This is my favorite history channel and it teaches me a more in depth version of American History and people I’ve never heard about but made a big impact to the world we know

[@the_original_Bilb_Ono]

You forgot to mention the most interesting part of Mark Twain's life when Jean-Luc Picard went back in time and visited him in search for an android known as Data.

[@killslay]

Star fleet intelligence wants to know your location

[@dtdimeflicks6708]

Twain was ahead of his time.

[@Bluebelle51]

The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and yes, we STILL have the Frog Jump competition in Angel's Camp, Ca I'm from Railroad Flat, which is between Poverty Gulch and Jackass Hill, (named by Twain because that's where his cabin is)

[@lunartears6761]

Twain made me ponder in elementary school what my state of florida looked like when there were more birds than people. From writings from Twain himself and other peers of his, the descriptions said that the birds were so numerous that an flocks were so large that they blackened out parts of the sky.☺️

[@themadhattress5008]

And now those same birds are going away, never to return.

[@lunartears6761]

@@themadhattress5008 unfortunately, due to a variety of factors, yes. Those damn pythons aren’t helping either.😔

[@nautifella]

Not just Florida. The same is true for most of the eastern part of the country.

[@andrewmiller4885]

One of my favourite quotes of Mark Twain's is ...."The man who does not read , has no more advantage over the man who cannot read." I think that's a brilliant comment from this very interesting and talented man . Is it any wonder he was such a great story teller and writer . This was a man who didn't' even finish elementary school , he left in the 5th grade . He could not have been more than about 11 or 12 years of age, yet through his own reading and self learning he goes on to become one of the greatest authors in American literary history . Man do I respect that . I think this particular comment of Twain's is profound in its implications . Thank you so much for this video.

[@donHooligan]

i never realized that when people were telling me to keep my mouth shut, they were quoting Twain until a few years ago.

[@maryaltshuller885]

For history buffs who might interested, Mark Twain had a brother named James Clemens. He settled in St. Louis as a tax collector and built himself a mansion in North St. Louis. The mansion is badly dilapidated and no longer structurally sound. James's wife and several of his children died. He so loved his wife that he had death masks made of her face and hung them above every window and doorway as a sort of memorial to her. There is a video about the James Clemens house.

[@mrmacguff1n]

Huh, I live near st louis, might have to check it out.

[@theblacksheep5226]

I'm afraid the mansion burned down a couple of years ago. It was on Cass Av just east of Jefferson. Not the greatest hood. The developer the city allowed to buy it didn't do much to maintain the house or secure it. There were quite a few break-ins. It caught on fire, I believe by a lightning strike, and due to fire and vandalism damage couldn't be saved. Developer got a lot of flak as he let lots of historic houses crumble as he wanted land nearby for new govt complex.

[@lindamaemullins5151]

@@theblacksheep5226 😳😔😡

[@maxstravagar]

What a life . . . Mark Twain is da man with all the stories at hand, he needs no editor, he doesn't even need a publisher, he's great with a pencil and a pad, he's a genius writer who touches Shakespeare hand.

[@logictheorist]

He may not have had a great education, but he was surrounded by family who did. My great grandfather, Samuel Clemens's cousin, graduated college, as did many others in the Clemens family, both before, during, and after Samuel's time. My great grandfather was well known for his wit and sarcasm, a common Clemens family trait. As was his uncle Jonathan Clemens who was the one who actually coined the phrase, "reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated", when Samuel sent his wife a letter of condolence upon learning erroneously that Jonathan had passed away. In his papers he admits to borrowing the line from Jonathan. I am sure it wasn't the first Clemens family witticism he borrowed. I'm also sure that most of what Samuel came up with was an original of his, I am just proud to say that the mind that came up with his unique observations on the world came from my family tree. A tree full of just as interesting, but less famous characters.

[@TheGeoDaddy]

He survived Virginia City - that’s already a big win in the Old West - Done!

[@michaelhowell2326]

As the smartest man in the multiverse once said, school isn't a good place for smart people.

[@roycarter8821]

rick Sanchez or elon musk lol

[@lorenzomagazzeni5425]

an Italian journalist (Leo Longanesi) once wrote "All I don't know I learned it at school"

[@deanpd3402]

When I went to college to learn horticulture, I found it a fantastic learning environment. The only thing that was difficult about it was some of the messed up students I had to do class with.

[@stebesplace]

Not the least of which was when Samuel Clemens got to interact with the crew of the Enterprise in San Francisco. Truly an impressive guy to have encountered time travelers!

[@waltbilous5898]

Roughing It is his best book. I have read so much of Mark Twain that I find that his writing style is integrated into mine and so is his humor.

[@Blitnock]

I agree with you as far as the Twain books I have read. Just finished "A Tramp Abroad", but I have the appendices to go. Have read, "Roughing It", "The Innocents Abroad", "Life on the Mississippi", "Tom Sawyer", and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". Next will be "Following the Equator". After that, more of his fiction. There's a lot of good stuff in his Autobiography, but I just dip into those volumes on occasion. But, yeah, "Roughing It" is the best so far. I just love his description of the Hawaiian natives at the church service!

[@dcastleb69]

Wow! I was born and raised in Hannibal, Missouri, boyhood home of Mark Twain/Sam Clemens (also the basis for the fictional town in Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn,) and I didn't know most of this!

[@DustyTheDog]

Mark Twain is my favorite author. I fell in love with his work when I first read A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. The commentary about how the men behaved like animals at the table, no different than the dogs they just fed, yet not being able to see that they are no different when they make fun of those dogs really hit it with me. Even when I was in middle school I could relate to that observation from his character. Not to forget the dismissal of magic using the Eclipse the year of his arrival in the court. I've enjoyed his other works, Huck and Tom had adventures similar to mine as a kid, but I was without treasure. I had an abusive step-dad, not bio dad, so I could relate there.

[@zach7193]

He is the most interesting man in the world. He was portrayed by Hal Holbrook. This is something.

[@madamesalamander16]

Hal Holbrook's most wonderful performance, in my opinion. I can think of no other who could have done it better.

[@michaelfiedler1642]

@@madamesalamander16 In the early 1980's, I had the pleasure of seeing 2 live performances of Hal Holbrook's great one-man show "Mark Twain Tonight!" It is a memory I will treasure for the rest of my life. He was incredible.

[@jennyrose9454]

Really? I can't picture that

[@brett4264]

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was the first book I ever read and gave me a love of reading.

[@Robslondon]

Great video about an incredible man. My favorite Mark Twain fact is that he was on the first ever train- as an invited VIP guest- to run on the Central London Railway, which today is the Central Line on the London Underground!

[@luisaugustobonilha8210]

There is one also attributed to M.T. that I really like - "In our country, we have these three indescribable precious things: the freedom of speech, the freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice any of them."

[@btetschner]

A+ video! LOVE IT! Fascinating history of one of my favorite authors!

[@markgentry3241]

Roughing It, is my favorite book by Mark Twain!

[@shadowking1380]

“Go to heaven for the climate. Hell for the company.” A quote of his I’ve used pretty damn frequently 😂

[@Skyebooo]

He lived in Virginia City, Nevada during the silver boom there. He was a newspaper editor.

[@jasonhummel3865]

Cool video great job as always .I learn more from your channel Than other sources very interesting.

[@captindo]

He also met time travelers from the 24th century, got to see a star ship and made friends with an android.

[@TooLameToDie]

One of my favorite TNG 2 parters.

[@scottbiddle3967]

I love all the details you research and put into your videos. I am a huge history buff. I would love if you do a story on Walt Whitman.

[@moonbot7613]

I’m so early Simon Whistler ain’t even showed up yet!

[@cleverusername9369]

Simon Whistler showing up is super easy, barely an inconvenience

[@josephpacchetti5997]

He Was A Great Writer. Thanks. 🇺🇸

[@magnifyingworld5623]

Great Information !!!

[@crisprtalk6963]

I like Claire de Lune being played softly in the background.

[@HaulinOats315]

His favorite band was Polk Miller and his Southern Quartet. They recorded music in the 1890s and you can still listen to it.

[@BumCucket]

“If there’s no dogs in heaven, I don’t wanna go” -mark Twain

[@jameswest9684]

Aussie 1am here thanks for the upload you made my day (not joking you really did)

[@23ADJ93]

This is the only famous person I know I am related to. I think Samuel Clemens is my 5th cousin three times removed lolol

[@Otokichi786]

"The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated." = The report of my death was an exaggeration. When angry, count to four. When very angry, Swear.

[@JaydeSerich20]

You should do a video on Sigmund Freud! Btw love the narrator's voice. He really makes these videos! 👍😁

[@bulvie603]

There was a period when I read Huckleberry Finn at least once a year. It was amazing how much it changed as I got older. It wasn't until I took a college course devoted entirely to Mark Twain, that I learned an entire chapter of the book had been censored for years due to his hatred of slavery.

[@adamhonestyanddecency5054]

Twain said he quit the Confederate Army because he and his comrades killed a young Union soldier and he felt bad about it.

[@shannondyke3585]

Haha and not that he was fighting FOR SLAVERY?

[@chancecarlton8403]

@@shannondyke3585 a lot of southern people did not look at slavery as the main issue of the war but banking, taxes and states rights were central to them, plus just standing with your people against an aggressor. Many wanted to abolish slavery according to letters and interviews, one of them has audio on youtube. Pretty interesting.

[@jennyrose9454]

@@chancecarlton8403 this is true. After all the poor people sure we're not fighting for the right of the wealthy to keep slaves...

[@daviddawson1718]

That is one fucked up thing to say, quite decent indeed.

[@jennyrose9454]

@damian matthewson yeah. Still happens today only the rich benefit from war casualties.

[@jefftollison3848]

A true American treasure... So much of the revered works on philosophy and insights into the human condition are very informative, yet as dry as dust. Twain gave us many of the same insights and yet made us smile & laugh along the way.. We laughed at him, we laughed at others, and through his humility & humanity, we learned to laugh at ourselves.. If you read his works and take it to heart, i believe it can make you a better person..

[@daviddawson1718]

You don't know how amazing I think Mark Twain is .

[@DebiSmithPouliot]

I read many years ago that when he was older and had to travel for his writing, he would try to find children who had cats and kittens. He would "rent" the kittens by the day from the children as he loved to watch them play.

[@mrtraumaboyy4098]

Roughing it!! I can smell the horses on the stage and hear that dog yelping after jumping into the acid lake. Thank you for this great presentation!!

[@michaelfrench3396]

Why is it that even though I'm subscribed to your channel, your videos never show up in my subscribed page and I never get notifications saying that you put new ones out. fortunately I search every few days just to see if you guys have dropped something interesting for me to listen to while I do my chores.

[@shreeshspotify3941]

Make a video about John Milton, author of Paradise Lost.

[@thedarudecactus3179]

My favorite Twain fact is that he saved the Grant family from Poverty. Real bro move of him.

[@cFull_Rtrd]

the animation you showed for haley's comet orbit is actually an animation of a star orbiting a black hole.

[@Angelfish-wr1pp]

ouch, well said

[@ayubshaikh9156]

Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn............ My childhood favourites. .... And added so much to my Sense of humour.......... ........ Stage Coach :' he drew the curtains, and it was as dark inside of a cow' ......... I learned a lot from his books, Esp the innocents abroad....

[@KittyPetote]

This was fun thank you

[@kmeccat]

Yes...for a man known for his wittiness, Twain suffered thru tragedy after tragedy.

[@lilivonshtup3808]

My current favorite, "It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." My all-time favorite, "Life is short. Break the rules. Forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly. Laugh uncontrollably and never regret anything that made you smile."

[@huntress1013]

Could you do a video on the Bronte sisters or Mary Shelley. Ada Lovelace would be also cool.

[@patmccamy4126]

A lot of things I didn't know about him! Thanks for sharing this video! Pat

[@darthbombadil6774]

One of the things that was willed to me from my grandma was a hard cover book that is held together by a rubber band. It has mark Twain's signature on the first page. Always thought that was kinda cool.

[@timwodzynski7234]

"If you always tell the truth, you never have to remember what you said", said Mark Twain.

[@NewMessage]

Netflix, make this man's life into a series.

[@ronaldpangrac592]

A two-part TV movie adapted stories from "Roughing It," his book about going west to Nevada in the 1860s. I recommend it. Roughing It (2002); 3h 5min 'A young Mark Twain travels to the American West during the "Gold Rush" days in search of fortune and his destiny.'

[@stevewixom9311]

Mark Twain.. an American original .. loved and admired here and world wide

[@Chewieeee]

Ok I had a bunch of trouble paying attention in History and I generally don’t watch history stuff, but this channel is so entertaining and I just like to binge watch it. I like telling people random history facts I learned from this channel

[@stewarta5993]

his biography of Joan of Ark was his favorite book. mine too. well worth the read

[@caitthourot3968]

Please do a video about Sylvia Plath or Mary Shelley

[@patriciamasci6172]

I find myself quoting Mark Twain a lot these days, in particular...._"There are LIES, damned LIES & Statistics"_ 😍

[@lindamaemullins5151]

❤️

[@DrLesleyStevens]

I thought that was an anonymous quote. Are you sure it's MT?

[@ElenaWilkins]

@@DrLesleyStevens it was Benjamin Disraeli

[@orvillferdinand8026]

Fantastic content! Would love to see a video on Nikolai Gogol’s life. 🤗

[@kevindelaney1951]

Star Trek Next Generation knew this years ago. Great episodes (2 parts) featuring him & a young Ghana. Well worth the watch.

[@nicholasmesa3588]

Have you ever done a Video about LORD BYRON? Sure to be some interesting facts there!

[@ditchgator1]

One very cool dude to be sure. Think having drinks and smokes with discussions while sitting in overstuffed leather chairs would be a dream come true👍😎

[@someguy2135]

Twain said that he predicted the future. He also said that he never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

[@davidhunt7427]

*_[Humanity] has unquestionably one really effective weapon, laughter. Power, money, persuasion, supplication, persecution, these can lift at a colossal humbug, push it a little, weaken it a little, century by century, but only laughter can blow it to rags and atoms at a blast. Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand._* ~ Mark Twain *_Humor is the great thing. The minute it crops up, all our hardnesses yield, all our irritations and resentments flit away._* ~ Mark Twain *_Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense._* ~ Mark Twain *_A discriminating irreverence is the creator and protector of human liberty._* ~ Mark Twain *_It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble, It's what you know for sure that just ain't so._* ~ Mark Twain *_It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled._* ~ Mark Twain *_I must studiously and faithfully unlearn a great many of the things I have somehow absorbed._* ~ Mark Twain *_Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned._* ~ Mark Twain *_I have never let school interfere with my education._* ~ Mark Twain *_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 *_What is it that confers the noblest delight? What is that which swells a man's breast with pride above that which any other experience can bring to him? Discovery! To know that you are walking where none others have walked; that you are beholding what human eye has not seen before; that you are breathing a virgin atmosphere. To give birth to an idea ~ to discover a great thought._* ~ Mark Twain *_No country can be well governed unless its citizens as a body keep religiously before their minds that they are the guardians of the law, and that the law officers are only the machinery for its execution, nothing more._* ~ Mark Twain *_That's the difference between governments and individuals. Governments don't care, individuals do._* ~ Mark Twain *_In the real world, the right thing never happens in the right place and the right time. It is the job of journalists and historians to make it appear that it has._* ~ Mark Twain *_The mania for giving the Government power to meddle with the private affairs of cities or citizens is likely to cause endless trouble, through the rivalry of schools and creeds that are anxious to obtain official recognition, and there is great danger that our people will lose our independence of thought and action which is the cause of much of our greatness, and sink into the helplessness of the Frenchman or German who expects his government to feed him when hungry, clothe him when naked, to prescribe when his child may be born and when he may die, and, in time, to regulate every act of humanity from the cradle to the tomb, including the manner in which he may seek future admission to paradise._* ~ Mark Twain *_The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also._* ~ Mark Twain *_In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him for then it costs nothing to be a patriot._* ~ Mark Twain *_Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it._* ~ Mark Twain *_Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform._* ~ Mark Twain *_The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin._* ~ Mark Twain *_There is no distinctly native American criminal class save Congress._* ~ Mark Twain *_Patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels._* ~ Mark Twain *_Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception._* ~ Mark Twain, _The Mysterious Stranger_ *_By and by when each nation has 20,000 battleships and 5,000,000 soldiers we shall all be safe and the wisdom of statesmanship will stand confirmed._* ~ Mark Twain *_Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities, War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth in cold blood and calm pulse to exterminate his kind. He is the only animal that for sordid wages will march out ... and help to slaughter strangers of his own species who have done him no harm and with whom he has no quarrel .... And in the intervals between campaigns he washes the blood off his hands and works for "the universal brotherhood of man" ~ with his mouth._* ~ Mark Twain *_Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable._* ~ Mark Twain *_When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction._* ~ Mark Twain, Who Is Mark Twain? *_You can take in a starving dog, feed him, and make him prosper, and he will not bite you. That is the principle difference between a dog and a man._* ~ Mark Twain *_The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man's._* ~ Mark Twain *_I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it._* ~ Mark Twain *_Only dead men can tell the truth in this world._* ~ Mark Twain *_Well, my book is written-let it go. But if it were only to write over again there wouldn't be so many things left out. They burn in me; and they keep multiplying; but now they can't ever be said. And besides, they would require a library-and a pen warmed up in hell._* ~ Mark Twain

[@vijaysoodeen7142]

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[@vijaysoodeen7142]

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[@davidhunt7427]

@@vijaysoodeen7142 I have absolutely no idea what you are saying here. *Touch and hold a clip to pin it. Unpinned clips will be deleted after 1 hour.* What is touch a clip; hold a clip; what is a clip; why are unpinned clips deleted at all? And why post this as a reply to something that has been here for 4 months?

[@vijaysoodeen7142]

Sorry Mr Hunt

[@Abcdefghijk920]

I will be 70-71 years old by the next Halley’s Comet. I hope to live to see it! What a sight that would be!

[@goodtitle686]

Could you make similar video on Goethe? Because he also was eccentric writer to say the least :D

[@davestathers8014]

Can you do a video on Jack London and his time in the Klondike

[@nachiketgurjar2769]

Make a video on Lovecraft. His life was a trainwreck from day 1

[@henryredcoat3522]

Yes

[@sarahdagnall6250]

The next video should be on charles Lightoller. Highest ranking officer to survive the titanic.

[@caustichonu]

"Roughing It" is one of my all-time favorite adventure novels.

[@madjackblack5892]

"Innocents Abroad' is his best book, IMHO.

[@youareawesome5236]

Great video.

[@violetdreams1799]

Samuel Clemens, one on a million

[@russcastella]

A Star Trek episode sent me here 🙃