# Mr Twain's B 'day

**URL:** <https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/mr-twains-b-day/15927>\
**Category:** And Now For That Latte\
**Created:** [November 30, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/mr-twains-b-day/15927 "2011-11-30T22:41:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![vic-k](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/46a35a/32.png) [@vic-k](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/vic-k)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/mr-twains-b-day/15927/1 "2011-11-30T22:41:36Z")

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This is worth a look 😉  
Add your own to the list, y’all.  
[guardian.co.uk/commentisfree … pen-thread](http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/nov/30/happy-birthday-mark-twain-open-thread)

My favourite, goes something like:At the age of 14, I was dismayed and embarrassed at how ignorant and unaware my old man was. However, by the time I was 21, I was astonished by how much he had learnt, in just 7 years."