The rain ...falls upon the just and the unjust alike; a thing which wo…

Mark Twain
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The rain ...falls upon the just and the unjust alike; a thing which would not happen if I were superintending the rain's affairs. No, I would rain softly and sweetly on the just, but if I caught a sample of the unjust outdoors, I would drown him. ✨ Mark Twain (2015). Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 3: The Complete and Authoritative Edition, p.221, Univ of California Press
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