“Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.”

— Mark Twain · Life quote

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. — Mark Twain quote card
Writer · 1835 – 1910

American writer (Samuel Clemens) known for Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

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