Mark Twain Quote

Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.


"A Mysterious Visit", Buffalo Express, 19 March 1870. Anthologized in Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old (1875).


Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.

Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.

Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.

Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.