Mark Twain

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Mark Twain was a famous writer

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  • A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
    Mark Twain
    Simple: People tell other people a thing that is not true and soon people on the other side of the Earth hear it. At the same time the thing that is true is just starting to get ready to go (is putting on its shoes).

Truth travels less fast.

  • A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.
    Mark Twain
    Simple: A man who lifts a cat by pulling the cat's tail learns something. There is no other way to learn that.

Source: BrainyQuote

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