Quote #25

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is really a large matter - it's the difference between a lightning bug and the lightning.

More from Mark Twain

  1. He [George Washington Cable] has taught me to abhor and detest the Sabbath day and hunt up new and troublesome ways to dishonor it.
  2. Weather is a literary specialty, and no untrained hand can turn out a good article on it.
  3. He is now fast rising from affluence to poverty.
  4. The report of my death was an exaggeration.
  5. An experienced, industrious, ambitious, and often quite picturesque liar.
  6. A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.
  7. Loyalty to petrified opinions never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul in this world - and never will.
  8. [Citing a familiar 'American joke':] In Boston they ask, How much does he know? In New York, How much is he worth? In Philadelphia, Who wer…

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