Carolina QuotesA story with a moral appended is like the bill of a mosquito. It bores you, and then injects a stinging drop to irritate your conscience.
O. Henry Carolinian
Source
"The Gold that Glittered"
- work
- Strictly Business (1910)
- year
- 1910
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“A story with a moral appended is like the bill of a mosquito…” O. Henry. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-A2B100CCC8. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/a2b100ccc8
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