“ Human pride is not worth while; there is always something lying in wait to take the wind out of it. ”
Mark Twain, Following the Equator (1897). copy citation
| Author | Mark Twain |
|---|---|
| Source | Following the Equator |
| Topic | pride waiting |
| Date | 1897 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2895/2895-h/2895-h.htm |
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“Then came one of those vanity-snubbing astronomical reports from the Observatory-people, whereby it appeared that another great body of light had lately flamed up in the remotenesses of space which was traveling at a gait which would enable it to do all that I had done in a minute and a half. Human pride is not worth while; there is always something lying in wait to take the wind out of it.
End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Following the Equator, Complete by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)”
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