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Mark Twain at a Writing Desk (Photo by Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)[/caption] Twain reportedly said: "I have never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great ...

The claim: Mark Twain said, 'I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.' After the death of conservative media personality Rush Limbaugh on Feb. 17, some ...

Mark Twain's Career. Long Life, Struggles, and Achievements of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Samuel Langhorne Clemens was considered the best-known American man of letters. Often he was referred to as the "Dean of American literature." He was known far beyond the boundaries where English is spoken as the greatest humorist and satirist living.

On February 17 2021, the death of right-wing talk radio presence Rush Limbaugh prompted a number of social media users to post a quote generally attributed to Mark Twain (or American lawyer of note Clarence Darrow), saying “I’ve never killed a man, but I’ve read some obituaries with great pleasure”:. A Twitter search also led to older tweets attributing the quote (or a variation ...

More Articles About Mark Twain: Apparently, many of the misquoted versions stem from a Mark Twain biography by Albert Bigelow Paine published in 1912, two years after Twain’s actual death.

In 1948 the collection of Mark Twain quotations “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips” included the text of the Walter Winchell column given above together with the following annotation: “From an unidentified newspaper clipping”. 21 The editor may have believed this was an old clipping, but QI believes it was composed by Winchell in 1946.

In 2007 a variant of the quip was published in the collection “The Big Curmudgeon”. This instance used the word “pleasure” instead of “satisfaction” and was attributed to Darrow. 8 This form is closer to the version tweeted in 2011 and credited to Mark Twain: I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great ...

"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure." That quote, attributed to Mark Twain, popped up in a lot of places yesterday, as some people found themselves ...

1. Mark Twain. Mark Twain is the most famous and memorable figure to ever read his own obituary. A rumor circulated in the spring of 1897 that the literary genius had passed away following a grave illness. A perpetually quotable author, Twain is said to have quipped in a return cable, "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."

Mark Twain. P. S. - For the best Obituary - one suitable for me to read in public, and calculated to inspire regret - I desire to offer a Prize, consisting of a Portrait of me done entirely by myself in pen and ink without previous instructions. The ink warranted to be the kind used by the very best artists.

Ten years later, Twain actually did get a premature obituary of sorts published. While he was yachting, the waters his boat was supposed to be in became rough, and the air foggy.

“I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” - Mark Twain Ever since Sunday, I have seen this quote attributed to Mark Twain. I’m unable to find an original source for it. One person claims it is not Twain at all, but a bastardization of a quote by Clarence Darrow. “I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure ...

Clarence Darrow said, "I've never killed a man, but I've read many an obituary with a great deal of satisfaction." Twain's quote is actually, "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter ...

“I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” – Mark Twain It was the meme of the moment on Twitter, in the wake of the news that Osama bin Laden had been killed by an American military team. Heck, even NPR tumbled it! But it’s not Twain. To be more precise, there is no record of its being Twain.

Mark Twain first heard of it at the dinner given him on his 70th birthday, when a fellow guest who lived there mentioned its beauties, and added that there was a vacant house adjoining his own. "I think I may buy that old house for me," said Mark Twain. "Sherwood Place" was the delectable name of that old house, and where it had stood Mark ...

DANBURY, Conn., April 21 -- Samuel Langhorne Clemens, " Mark Twain," died at 22 minutes after 6 to-night. Beside him on the bed lay a beloved book -- it was Carlyle's " French Revolution " -- and ...

Mark Twain Didn't Say That Thing About Obituaries. By Alexis C. Madrigal. May 3, 2011. Share. Save "I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure." That quote ...

After the death of controversial radio host Rush Limbaugh on Feb. 17, 2021, a quote attributed to Mark Twain started circulating on social media: “I have never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” Despite the years of attribution, the ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ author did not originate this quote.

A signed 1906 photo of Mark Twain, ‘the only cleanly-clothed human being in all Christendom.’ Photo: Underwood Archives/Getty Images

Mark Twain's humor, rich and delicious as it was, was always fundamentally serious. It was the humor of a deep thinker, a gentle but penetrating observer, a philosopher who loved mankind while seeing all its weaknesses. Mark Twain was racy, playful, whimsical, extravagant; but he was never guilty of deliberate coarseness, and as President Taft ...