Black-and-white antique engraving of a stag beetle with large antler-like mandibles on a white background.
Quote in black serif type: "When angry, count four; when very angry, swear." Mark Twain, 1894.
Inside: four of your photos stand up below this, with your note.

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Count Four

Pictures by True W. WilliamsWords by Mark Twain

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A bristling stag beetle in True W. Williams's old engraving fronts Mark Twain's dry advice: when angry, count four; when very angry, swear. The line comes from Pudd'nhead Wilson, where every chapter opens with a maxim from the hero's joke calendar. For someone who needs a laugh after a rough day.

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Inside, it says

When angry, count four; when very angry, swear. Mark Twain, 1894

On the back

Every chapter of Mark Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) opens with a maxim from the hero's joke calendar. They are some of Twain's sharpest one-liners.

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