Tom said to himself that it was not such a hollow world, after all. He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it — namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.


Mississippi Writings (ed. Library of America, 1876) - ISBN: 9780940450073

Mark Twain Quotes

Tom said to himself that it was not such a hollow world, after all. He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it — namely,...

Tom said to himself that it was not such a hollow world, after all. He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it — namely,...

Tom said to himself that it was not such a hollow world, after all. He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it — namely,...

Tom said to himself that it was not such a hollow world, after all. He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it — namely,...