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As a rule, we go about with masks, we go about looking honest, and we are able to conceal ourselves all through the day.

Mark Twain

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Mark Twain
Age: 74 †
Born: 1835
Born: November 30
Died: 1910
Died: April 21
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens
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