Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
Mark TwainThe Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson, 1894 · Chapter VI: Swimming in Glory
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“Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the…”
- Author
- Mark Twain
- Work
- The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
- Year
- 1894
- Chapter / part
- Chapter VI: Swimming in Glory
- Length
- 18 words
- Source
- Project Gutenberg eBook #102
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