The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become until he goes abroad. I speak now, of course, in the supposition that the gentle reader has not been abroad, and therefore is not already a consummate ass. If the case be otherwise, I beg his pardon and extend to him the cordial hand of fellowship and call him brother.


The writings of Mark Twain [pseud.]. (ed. 1899)

Mark Twain Quotes

The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become until he goes abroad. I speak now, of course, in the supposition that...

The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become until he goes abroad. I speak now, of course, in the supposition that...

The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become until he goes abroad. I speak now, of course, in the supposition that...

The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become until he goes abroad. I speak now, of course, in the supposition that...