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Mark Twain was an American author, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.
* He was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens on November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri.
* He is best known for his novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
* Twain's work has been praised for its humor, satire, and realism.
* He was a vocal critic of racism and social injustice.
* Twain died on April 21, 1910, in Redding, Connecticut.
* He is considered one of the greatest American writers of all time.
* His work continues to be read and enjoyed by people all over the world.

Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.

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I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.

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Classic? - a book which people praise and don't read.

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There isn't time, so brief is life, for bickerings, apologies, heartburnings, callings to account. There is only time for loving, and but an instant, so to speak, for that.

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What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce.

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In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.

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A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.

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All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.

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I must have a prodigious amount of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up!

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I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.

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I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.

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Be respectful to your superiors, if you have any.

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If books are not good company, where shall I find it?

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In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards.

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It is by the goodness of god that in our country we have those 3 unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.

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