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Mark Twain Quotes From "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

By Simran Khurana, About.com Guide

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the most popular works of Mark Twain. It was initially considered to be a sequel to Mark Twain's previous book, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn draws us deep into the life of an adventurous boy Huckleberry, and his friends. Read some thought provoking literary quotes from this famous classic.

  • What's the use you learning to do right, when it's troublesome to do right and ain't no trouble to do wrong, and the wages is just the same?

  • If I never learnt nothing else out of pap, I learnt that the best way to get along with his kind of people is to let them have their own way.

  • Jim was most ruined for a servant, because he got stuck up on account of having seen the devil and been rode by witches.

  • All I say is, kings is kings, and you got to make allowances. Take them all around, they're a mighty ornery lot. It's the way they're raised.

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