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Obliged Quotes by Mark Twain
- Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.
- Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
- Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
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