“ It is human nature to take delight in exciting admiration. ”
Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad (1869). copy citation
| Author | Mark Twain |
|---|---|
| Source | The Innocents Abroad |
| Topic | admiration delight |
| Date | 1869 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3176/3176-h/3176-h.htm |
Context
“They know it and tell it as a parrot would--and if you interrupt, and throw them off the track, they have to go back and begin over again. All their lives long, they are employed in showing strange things to foreigners and listening to their bursts of admiration. It is human nature to take delight in exciting admiration. It is what prompts children to say “smart” things, and do absurd ones, and in other ways “show off” when company is present. It is what makes gossips turn out in rain and storm to go and be the first to tell a startling bit of news.”
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