Animal Quotes
Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.
"Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to."— Mark Twain
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Meaning of this quote
Twain jokes that humans uniquely possess both embarrassment and reasons for it.
Key takeaway:
Reflect on behavior that deserves moral embarrassment.
Origin of the quote
Following the Equator (1897), chapter epigraph
Who actually said this?
VerifiedThe sentence is documented in Twain’s published literary work.
