Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005), p. 99
“Man is the Only Animal that Blushes. Or needs to.”
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Mark Twain
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Following the Equator
Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar, Ch. XXVII
Following the Equator (1897)
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American author and humorist 1835–1910Related quotes
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Ancient Greek philosopher, pupil of Leucippus, founder of the atomic theory
Freeman (1948), p. 162
Variant: The needy animal knows how much it needs, but the needy man does not.
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William Hazlitt
(1778–1830) English writer
"On Wit and Humour"
Lectures on the English Comic Writers (1819)
“Man is a mimic animal, happiest acting a part, needing a mask to tell the truth.”
Subhash Kak
(1947) Indian computer scientist
The Prajna Sutra (2007)
“But sad as angels for the good man's sin,
Weep to record, and blush to give it in.”
Thomas Campbell
(1777–1844) British writer
Part II, line 357
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“I only believe in those who can still blush.”
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