The pause - that impressive silence, that eloquent silence, that geome…

Mark Twain
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The pause - that impressive silence, that eloquent silence, that geometrically progressive silence which often achieves a desired effect where no combination of words, howsoever felicitous, could accomplish it. ✨ Mark Twain (2016). Mark Twain in Eruption (Abridged, Annotated), p.154, BIG BYTE BOOKS
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