“ Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. ”
Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894). copy citation
| Author | Mark Twain |
|---|---|
| Source | Pudd'nhead Wilson |
| Topic | example annoyance |
| Date | 1894 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/102/102-h/102-h.htm |
Context
“245 As Tom trudged home his mind was full of dreary thoughts and wild plans; but at last he said to himself, wearily— «There is but the one way out. I must follow her plan. 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.” 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.” source
