If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite…

Mark Twain
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If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man. ✨ Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 16, Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar (1894)
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If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man. ✨ Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 16, Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar (1894)

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