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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, humorist
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, humorist
As quoted in 'An Interview with Mark Twain' by Rudyard Kipling, from 'From Sea to Sea: Letters of Travel'.
1899
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"I am not an optimist. I am a realist. I believe in the triumph of good over evil. But I don't believe in the triumph of good over evil without a fight."
Strange & Unusual"The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug."
Strange & Unusual"I like a good story, but I don't believe it."
Strange & Unusual"The commonest superstition is that some people are more superstitious than others."
Strange & Unusual"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
Humorous