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Progressive improvement beats delayed perfection.
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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Samuel Clemens
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The cayote is a living, breathing allegory of Want. He is always hungry. He is always poor, out of luck and friendless. The meanest creatures despise him, and even the fleas would desert him for a velocipede.
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I have been born more times than anybody except Krishna.
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The reason most people don't go to church is because they've already been.
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I have been cautioned to talk but be careful not to say anything. I do not consider this a difficult task.
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