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A quotation from Twain, Mark

I haven’t a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming petty vices whatsoever.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
“Answers to Correspondents,” The Californian (17 Jun 1865)

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WIST - Twain, Mark | "Answers to Correspondents," The Californian (17 Jun 1865)

I haven't a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming petty vices whatsoever. Reprinted in The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches (1867).

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