“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 man.”

— Mark Twain · Wisdom quote

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 man. — Mark Twain quote card
Writer · 1835 – 1910

American writer (Samuel Clemens) known for Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

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