Mark Twain, Chapters from My Aut Quotes

A collection of quotes by Mark Twain, Chapters from My Aut.

Mark Twain, the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was an American writer, humorist, and lecturer who gained worldwide acclaim for his wit and storytelling. Chapters from My Autobiography is the unfinished and posthumously published memoir of Twain, chronicling his life from his early childhood in Missouri to his travels and adventures as a renowned author. Known for his satirical social criticism and his iconic characters like Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, Twain remains one of the most celebrated and influential figures in American literature. N/A

A myriad of men are born; they labor and sweat and struggle;

A myriad of men are born; they labor and sweat and struggle; ...they squabble and scold and fight; they scramble for little mean advantages over each other; age creeps upon them; infirmities follow; ...those they love are taken from them, and the joy of life is turned to aching grief. It comes at last--the only unpoisoned gift earth ever had for them--and they vanish from a world where they were of no consequence, ...a world which will lament them a day and forget them forever.

Mark Twain, Chapters from My Aut

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