A quotation (not) from Mark Twain

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
(Misattributed)

More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/22923/

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Twain, Mark - (Misattributed) | WIST Quotations

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog. Scholarly research finds no actual connection between Twain and the origin of this phrase. It appears to have been first crafted by columnist Arthur G. Lewis, Book of the Royal Blue…

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@iamgabesanchez Extreme aggressiveness isn't normal & never should be considered so — it's a mental disorder, that shouldn't be classified as "normal" just because it exists in wide parts of the population.

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On Transformations of Aggressiveness
(1978) : Elias, Norbert
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01702163
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