Quote#Education
Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more…
Quote byMark Twain · 1835–1910
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The Facts Concerning the Recent Resignation", described by the author as written about 1867, first published in Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old (1875).
English (original)
Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run.
— Mark Twain
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