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Mark Twain (1835-1910) — whose real name was Samuel Clemens — authored great pieces of American literature like Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

But as Mark Twain quotes suggest, he was also a humorist who left behind many funny Mark Twain quotes that still have us laughing nearly 100 years after his death.

That brings us to today’s quotes of the day: funny Mark Twain quotations!

“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”     ~Mark Twain

“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”     ~Mark Twain

“In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.”     ~Mark Twain

“In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their language.”      ~Mark Twain

“Get the facts first. You can distort them later.”      ~Mark Twain

President John F. Kennedy, Jr. – better known as JFK – was known as an eloquent speaker. In his political speeches, JFK delivered many quotable remarks that are still being repeated decades after the JFK assassination.

JFK quotes include some very mainstream, famous sayings, like, “And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country,” and “The path we have chosen for the present is full of hazards, as all paths are. The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.”

These JFK quotes are quotations about hope, society, life and wisdom.

So here they are – JFK quotes as our quotes of the day.

“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.”     ~JFK

“Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.“     ~JFK

“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.”     ~JFK

“Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.“     ~JFK

“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.”     ~JFK