On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 4:33 PM John H. Muller < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > When Clemens / Twain was in Washington City (winter 1867 - 1868) he > reportedly hit the John Barleycorn with fellow Washington Letter writers. > > On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 2:27 PM Kenneth Sanderson <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > A number of sites attribute this quotation to Mark Twain, but none of > them > > give a source. Can anyone verify that this is by MT? "Too much of > anything > > is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough." It is probably not > a > > coincidence that it pops up on sites of whiskey distillers. > > > > Ken Sanderson > > > > > -- > John Muller > 202.236.3413 > Capital Community News l Greater Greater Washington l Washington Syndicate > > *Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C: The Lion of Anacostia > < > http://www.amazon.com/Frederick-Douglass-Washington-D-c-Anacostia/dp/1609495772/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=H42HP4SBZ8OA&coliid=I34OMAR1SV8L9G > >* > [The > History Press, 2012] Winner of 2013 DC READS > Mark Twain in Washington, D.C.: The Adventures of a Capital Correspondent > <http://amzn.to/19PzIFd> [The History Press, 2013] >