A truth is not hard to kill ... a lie told well is immortal. - Mark Twain

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A truth is not hard to kill ... a lie told well is immortal.

Mark Twain

Advice to Youth · 1882 Verified in 2 sources · 1 more available Sign up to see the complete provenance

truth lies immortality

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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known as Mark Twain, was an American humorist, novelist, writer, and lecturer.

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Pen Names: Sieur Louis de Conte • Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass • Quintus Curtius Snodgrass • J. W. Bothwell

Birth Name: Samuel Langhorne Clemens

Alternative Names: Samuel L. Clemens • Samuel Clemens • Louis de Conte

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