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A classic is something that everybody...

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A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody has read.

[aphorist] Mark Twain, in [category] Art and Literature and [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

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Edit Comment[message] He has a point!  ·  posted 8 Apr by [user] Chris Jefferies

I like this aphorism from Mark Twain, and I have to agree that he makes a good point. I assume he was hoping none of his works would become classics!

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