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Please help me in interpreting this quotation. It comes out of the idea that, FACETIOUS remarks often communicate serious ideas.

Mark Twain: "One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives."


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16 years ago

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Ms. Sue
The big clue is the word <i>only</i>.

Twain implied that a lie lives many lives -- that a lie is often passed on and on.
16 years ago

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