when we badly want a thing, we go to hunting for good and righteous re…

Mark Twain
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when we badly want a thing, we go to hunting for good and righteous reasons for it; we give it that fine name to comfort our consciences, whereas we privately know we are only hunting for plausible ones. ✨ Mark Twain (2011). No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger, p.130, Univ of California Press
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