Mark Twain Quote about Thunder

Mark Twain Quote about Thunder

“Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.”

— Mark Twain

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Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.

Letter to Henry W. Ruoff, 28 August 1908

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The fear of lightning is one of the most distressing infirmities a human being can be afflicted with. It is mostly confined to women, but now and then you find it in a little dog, and sometimes a man.

— Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightning

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, 15 Oct 1888

The lightning there is peculiar; it is so convincing, that when it strikes a thing it doesn't leave enough of that thing behind for you to tell whether--Well, you'd think it was something valuable, and a Congressman had been there.

— “The Weather”, Speech, 22 December 1876

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