Mr. Twain & Mr. Oliverio

Mr. Oliverio is the author of THE GOODFATHER OF MATH.
Mr. Twain is the author of too many things to mention.


Mr. Twain once wrote:

The difference between the right word and the almost right word 
is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.



Obviously under the influence of that quote, Oliverio once wrote:

We have the inalienable right to mistake the lightning bug 
for the lightning but we also have the obligation 
to know the difference. 

The second quote, however, only applies to people
who understand the word obligation.


Another lightning bug/Twain page–
devoid of Oliverio's ego–appears here.