“ There are two times in a man’s life when he should not speculate: when he can’t afford it, and when he can. ”
Mark Twain, Following the Equator (1897). copy citation
| Author | Mark Twain |
|---|---|
| Source | Following the Equator |
| Topic | life time |
| Date | 1897 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2895/2895-h/2895-h.htm |
Context
“We went down there, later, and saw that novel congress of the wild peoples, and plowed here and there through it, and concluded that it would be worth coming from Calcutta to see, even if there were no Kinchinjunga and Everest.
CHAPTER LVI.
There are two times in a man’s life when he should not speculate: when he can’t afford it, and when he can.
—Pudd’nhead Wilson’s New Calendar.
On Monday and Tuesday at sunrise we again had fair-to-middling views of the stupendous mountains; then, being well cooled off and refreshed, we were ready to chance the weather of the lower world once more.”
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