The form of a compliment has nothing to do with its value -- it is the spirit that is in it that makes it gold or dross. This one was gold. This one was out of the heart, and I have found that an ignorant hot one out of the heart tastes just as good as does a calm judicial, reasoned one out of an educated head.
- "The Refuge of the Derelicts" published in Fables of Man
1 comments:
So funny you should post this now. The boys are learning about Mark Twain now and next time we're home in CT we're going to visit his home (it was a mandatory field trip for all Hartford area schools).
Beautiful portrait.
TL
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