His head was an hour-glass; it could stow an idea, but it had to do it a grain at a time, not the whole idea at once.


A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (ed. Createspace Independent Pub, 1889)

Mark Twain Quotes

His head was an hour-glass; it could stow an idea, but it had to do it a grain at a time, not the whole idea at once.

His head was an hour-glass; it could stow an idea, but it had to do it a grain at a time, not the whole idea at once.

His head was an hour-glass; it could stow an idea, but it had to do it a grain at a time, not the whole idea at once.

His head was an hour-glass; it could stow an idea, but it had to do it a grain at a time, not the whole idea at once.