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Directory of Mark Twain's maxims, quotations, and various opinions:

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INVITATIONS

Graphic based upon the original manuscript from the Dave Thomson collection:

Twain letter

It is easier to decline 20 invitations than to accept one & then explain to the other nineteen.
- Letter to William Ellsworth, 1902

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