“ but when an honest man attempts an imposture, he is exposed at once. ”
Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi (1883). copy citation
| Author | Mark Twain |
|---|---|
| Source | Life on the Mississippi |
| Topic | imposture |
| Date | 1883 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/245/245-h/245-h.htm |
Context
“An unpromising beginning for a fraudulent career. We started to the supper room, and met two other men whom I had known elsewhere. How odd and unfair it is: wicked impostors go around lecturing under my Nom De Guerre and nobody suspects them; but when an honest man attempts an imposture, he is exposed at once.
One thing seemed plain: we must start down the river the next day, if people who could not be deceived were going to crop up at this rate: an unpalatable disappointment, for we had hoped to have a week in St.”
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