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History may not repeat, but it often rhymes.

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Mark Twain
Age: 74 †
Born: 1835
Born: November 30
Died: 1910
Died: April 21
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Autobiographer
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Opinion Journalist
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Science Fiction Writer
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Florida
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Samuel L. Clemens
Samuel Clemens
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[I] shall never use profanity except in discussing house rent and taxes. Indeed, upon second thought, I will not use it then, for it is unchristian, inelegant, and degrading--though to speak truly I do not see how house rent and taxes are going to be discussed worth a cent without it.
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A habit cannot be tossed out the window it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.
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Tea is an affront to lunch and an insult to dinner.
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These people´s God has shown them by a million acts that he respects none of the Bible´s statues. He breaks every one of them himself, adultery and all.
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