“It is human nature to take delight in exciting admiration. It is what prompts children to say “smart” things, and do absurd ones, and in other ways “show off” when company is present. It is what makes gossips turn out in rain and storm to go and be the first to tell a startling bit of news.”
–Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), in The Innocents Abroad, Chapter 27
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