Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eterna… - Mark Twain

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Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child's loss of a doll and a king's loss of a crown are events of the same size.

Mark Twain

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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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Birth Name: Samuel Langhorne Clemens

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

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