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Mark Twain is the famous pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who was born on November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri. He is one of the most beloved figures in the history of American literature, and was a journalist, novelist, humorist, literary critic, essayist, short story writer, and poet. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "the Great American Novel ."


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Quote Left To cease smoking is the easiset thing I ever did. I ought to know, I've done it a thousand times. Quote Right
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Quote Left Some authorities hold that the young ought not to lie at all. That, of course, is putting it rather stronger than necessary; still, while I ca... Quote Right
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Quote Left There it is: it doesn't make any difference who we are or what we are, there's always somebody to look down on! somebody to hold in light esteem, somebody to be indifferent about. Quote Right
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Quote Left We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world; and its efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men every day who don't know anything and can't read. Quote Right
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Quote Left The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Death Quote Right
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