"I have thought many times since that if poets when they get discouraged would blow their brains out, they could write very much better when they got well."

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Source: Mark Twain, Charles Neider (1986). “Mark Twain at his best: a comprehensive sampler : with four items in book form for the first time”, Doubleday Books

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Mark Twain

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Mark Twain was a prominent American writer known for his sharp wit and social critiques, particularly in 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.'

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