The Mimesis

— random words about literature, culture, or arts

Jim said bees wouldn’t sting idiots; but I didn’t believe that, because I had tried them lots of times myself, and they wouldn’t sting me.

Mark Twain "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

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