I would much prefer, to suffer from the clean incision of an honest lancet than from a sweetened poison.


Mark Twain's letters: 1853-1866, Volume 1 (University of California Press., 1990), p. 357


I would much prefer, to suffer from the clean incision of an honest lancet than from a sweetened poison.

I would much prefer, to suffer from the clean incision of an honest lancet than from a sweetened poison.

I would much prefer, to suffer from the clean incision of an honest lancet than from a sweetened poison.

I would much prefer, to suffer from the clean incision of an honest lancet than from a sweetened poison.