None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try.


The Writings of Mark Twain: Following the equator; a journey around the world (ed. 1809)


None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try.

None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try.

None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try.

None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try.