Consider well the proportions of things. It is better to be a young June-bug than an old bird of paradise. - Mark Twain

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Consider well the proportions of things. It is better to be a young June-bug than an old bird of paradise.

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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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