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The Nymph Revealed. All say, “How hard it is that we have to die”—a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live. —Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar. When angry, count four; wh…
Pudd’nhead’s Startling Discovery. There are three infallible ways of pleasing an author, and the three form a rising scale of compliment: 1, to tell him you have read one of his books; 2, to tell him…
The Shame of Judge Driscoll. Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave; it is merely a loose misap…
Tom Stares at Ruin. When I reflect upon the number of disagreeable people who I know have gone to a better world, I am moved to lead a different life. —Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar. October. This is …
Roxana Insists Upon Reform. The true Southern watermelon is a boon apart, and not to be mentioned with commoner things. It is chief of this world’s luxuries, king by the grace of God over all the fru…
The Robber Robbed. Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits. —Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar. Behold, the fool saith, “Put not all thine eggs in the one basket”—which is but a manner of sayi…
Sold Down the River. If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. —Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar. We know all …
The Judge Utters Dire Prophecy. Even popularity can be overdone. In Rome, along at first, you are full of regrets that Michelangelo died; but by and by you only regret that you didn’t see him do it. …
Roxana Commands. Gratitude and treachery are merely the two extremities of the same procession. You have seen all of it that is worth staying for when the band and the gaudy officials have gone by. —…
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 o…
