Life should begin with age and its privileges and accumulations, and end with youth and its capacity to splendidly enjoy such advantages. . . . It's … - Mark Twain

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Life should begin with age and its privileges and accumulations, and end with youth and its capacity to splendidly enjoy such advantages. . . . It's an epitome of life. The first half of it consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance. The last half consists of the chance without the capacity.

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About Mark Twain

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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Birth Name: Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Alternative Names: Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass • Samuel L. Clemens • Samuel Clemens • Quintus Curtius Snodgrass
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