“ It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse-races. ”
Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894). copy citation
| Author | Mark Twain |
|---|---|
| Source | Pudd'nhead Wilson |
| Topic | competition thought difference |
| Date | 1894 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/102/102-h/102-h.htm |
Context
“But with a variation—I will not ask for the money and ruin myself; I will rob the old skinflint.»
246 CHAPTER XIX. The Prophecy Realized. Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.—Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar.
It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse-races.—Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar.
Dawson's Landing was comfortably finishing its season of dull repose and waiting patiently for the duel. Count Luigi was waiting, too; but not patiently, rumor said. Sunday came, and Luigi insisted on having his challenge conveyed.” source
246 CHAPTER XIX. The Prophecy Realized. Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.—Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar.
It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse-races.—Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar.
Dawson's Landing was comfortably finishing its season of dull repose and waiting patiently for the duel. Count Luigi was waiting, too; but not patiently, rumor said. Sunday came, and Luigi insisted on having his challenge conveyed.” source
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