Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.
Mark Twain · Following the Equator
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“Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us…”
- Author
- Mark Twain
- Work
- Following the Equator
- Year
- 1897
- Chapter / part
- Chapter XXVIII
- Length
- 17 words
- Source
- Project Gutenberg eBook #2895
Public domain. This passage is in the public domain. Mark Twain died in 1910, more than 70 years ago, and the work was first published in 1897. You can copy, print, read aloud or sell it without asking permission; a credit is kind but not required. The text is copied word for word from the Project Gutenberg edition linked here.
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