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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.

Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.

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The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. ’tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.

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Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

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Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.

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Obscurity and a competence—that is the life that is best worth living.

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It usually takes me two or three days to prepare an impromptu speech.

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In Paris they just simply opened their eyes and stared when we spoke to them in French! We never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language.

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I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

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Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.

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Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.

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A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

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There are those who scoff at the schoolboy, calling him frivolous andshallow: Yet it was the schoolboy who said 'Faith is believing what youknow ain't so'.

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Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.

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When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.

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When I am king they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.

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