... in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is on… - Mark Twain

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... in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.

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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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