“A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.”

— Mark Twain · Wisdom quote

A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read. — 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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