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Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.

Source: Referring to a tax assessor; A Mysterious Visit, 1870; repr. in Complete Humourous Sketches and Tales, ed. Charles Neider, 1961.
-- 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.

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