There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth. Author: Mark Twain Copy Quote More from Mark Twain “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.” “Adam was but human—this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the appl…” “Conformity—the natural instinct to passively yield to that vague something reco…” “If the writer doesn't sweat, the reader will.”