It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. - Mark Twain

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It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

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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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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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