"The government of my country snubs honest
simplicity, but fondles artistic villainy, and I think I might have developed
into a very capable pickpocket if I had remained in the public service a year
or two." — Mark Twain, Roughing It (1872)Saturday, August 13, 2016
Quote of the Day (Mark Twain, on Government and ‘Artistic Villainy’)
"The government of my country snubs honest
simplicity, but fondles artistic villainy, and I think I might have developed
into a very capable pickpocket if I had remained in the public service a year
or two." — Mark Twain, Roughing It (1872)
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