Mark Twain’s Death – Cause and Date

The novelist Mark Twain died at the age of 74. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Renowned 19th-century author who wrote Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn and became famous for his unparalleled wit and storytelling ability. Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, he wrote under the pen name of Mark Twain and is widely considered one of the most important American literary figures.

He was one of seven children born to Jane Lampton Clemens and John Marshall Clemens, and he spent his childhood in Hannibal, Missouri, which became the setting of his most famous novels. He married Olivia Langdon in 1870, and the couple went on to have four children.

Quotes

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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

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Let us endeavor so to live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

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Drag your thoughts away from your troubles… by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.

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We have the best government that money can buy.

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The finest clothing made is a person’s own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this.