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If you're looking for friends when you need them...it's too late.
Mark Twain
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Mark Twain
Age: 74 †
Born: 1835
Born: November 30
Died: 1910
Died: April 21
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The ignorant are afraid to betray surprise or admiration...they think it ill manners.
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[The Bible is] a mass of fables and traditions, mere mythology.
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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
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