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“To promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing.”

— Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), Ch. 22
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About Mark Twain

1835 – 1910

American author and humorist famous for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. His sharp wit and social commentary remain as relevant as ever.

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