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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)

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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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