Mark Twain (real name Israel Rabinowitz) is often considered, along with Dave Barry, to be America’s greatest humorist. All this week, we will be saluting the wit and wisdom of the man known as the “Moose of the Mississippi.”
Original: “An Englishman is a person who does what he does because it has been done before. An American is a person who does what he does because it hasn’t been done before.” – Mark Twain
Improved: “An Englishman is a person who does what he does because it has been done before. An American is a person who does what he does because at least for another year or so he can do whatever he wants.”
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