Quote#Sadness
Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a…
Quote byMark Twain · 1835–1910
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), Ch. 2.
English (original)
Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit. Thirty yards of board fence nine feet high. Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but a burden.
— Mark Twain
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