The difference between the almost right word & the right word is really
a large matter--it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.
- Letter to George Bainton, 10/15/1888
Yes, it was a fortunate hour that I went netting for lightning-bugs and caught
a meteor.
- Marginalia to Dan Beard on original sketch from A Connecticut Yankee
in King Arthur's Court
It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion
that makes horse races.
- Pudd'nhead Wilson
People are different. And it is the best way.
-Tom Sawyer, Detective
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