The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will then be a happy and a virtuous people.
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About Mark Twain
Mark Twain was a 19th-century American author and humorist. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature". Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Wisdom — Timeless insights drawn from experience and reflection