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Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.
—Mark Twain
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The trouble ain’t that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain’t distributed right.
—Mark Twain
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The trouble isn’t that there are too many fools, but that the lightning isn’t distributed right.
—Mark Twain
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Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.
—Mark Twain
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You can’t depend on your judgment when your imagination is out of focus.
—Mark Twain
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Often, the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth.
—Mark Twain
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As I slowly grow wise I briskly grow cautious.
—Mark Twain
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Loyalty to petrified opinions never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul in this world — and never will.
—Mark Twain
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The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—’tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.
—Mark Twain
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Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped, but an openly transgressed custom brings sure punishment.
—Mark Twain
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Lettin’ the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier’n puttin’ it back.
—Mark Twain
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Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped, but an openly transgressed custom brings sure punishment.
—Mark Twain
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Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest.
—Mark Twain
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Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.
—Mark Twain
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Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
—Mark Twain
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The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—’tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.
—Mark Twain
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Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest.
—Mark Twain
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Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
—Mark Twain
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The trouble isn’t that there are too many fools, but that the lightning isn’t distributed right.
—Mark Twain
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Never tell the truth to those unworthy of it.
—Mark Twain
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Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.
—Mark Twain
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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
—Mark Twain
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Always acknowledge a fault frankly. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you opportunity to commit more.
—Mark Twain
The Mark Twain Solution
It was several years ago that I first heard the suggestion that the debt could be monetized by minting platinum coins with huge face value, a trillion dollars, for example. The idea has reappeared recently as a possible response to the debt ceiling.
I wonder if those making the suggestion are basing their wishful thinking on a certain story by Mark Twain.