The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as …

Mark Twain
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The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. ✨ Mark Twain (2012). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.520, Courier Corporation
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The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. ✨ Mark Twain (2012). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.520, Courier Corporation

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