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NOVELISTS > novelist, journalist, river pilot > Mark Twain
Any so-called material...
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Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol: you want it not for itself, but because it will content your spirit for the moment.
Source: Old Man, in What Is Man? sct. 6, 1906; repr. in Complete Essays, ed. by Charles Neider, 1963.
-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30 1835-1910), US novelist, journalist, river pilot; The Great American humorist was also known as The People's Author and creator of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.