To be, or not to be; that is the bare bodkin That makes calamity of so long life; - Mark Twain

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To be, or not to be; that is the bare bodkin
That makes calamity of so long life;

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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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