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NOVELISTS > novelist, journalist, river pilot > Mark Twain
A monarch, when...
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A monarch, when good, is entitled to the consideration which we accord to a pirate who keeps Sunday School between crimes; when bad, he is entitled to none at all.
Source: Mark Twain's Notebooks and Journals, vol. 3, Notebook 28 (July 1888 --May 1889); ed. Frederick Anderson, 1979.
-- 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.