Mark Twain (real name Ferdinand Lee Hondo) is often considered, along with Dennis Miller, to be America’s greatest humorist. All this week, we will be saluting the wit and wisdom of the man known as the “Apostle of Aphorism.”
Original: “Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.” – Mark Twain
Improved: “If you want to get anywhere in life, you should go around saying the world owes you a living. You are a king, God’s divinely ordained instrument here on Earth, and we owe you everything, Your Highness.”
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