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title: "4 Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens Quotes"
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# Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens

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##  Quotes by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens

> [“This is Huck Finn, a child of mine of shady reputation. Be good to him for his parent's sake.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain-samuel-clemens/this-is-huck-finn-a-child-of-mine-of-shady-reputation-be-good-to-him/)

Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens

[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

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> [“Supposing is good, finding out is better.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain-samuel-clemens/supposing-is-good-finding-out-is-better/)

Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens

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> [“We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas. The church-bell began to ring at four-thirty in the morning, and from the length of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain-samuel-clemens/we-did-not-oversleep-at-st-nicholas-the-church-bell-began-to-ring-at/)

Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens

[St nicholas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/st-nicholas/)

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> [“The stranger's first feeling, when suddenly confronted by that towering and awful apparition wrapped in its shroud of snow, is breath-taking astonishment.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain-samuel-clemens/the-stranger-s-first-feeling-when-suddenly-confronted-by-that/)

Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens

[Astonishment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astonishment/)

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