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Quotation from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

“How can I help being a humbug,” he said, “when all these people make me do things that everybody knows can’t be done?”

L. Frank Baum (spoken by Oz)

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter XVI, The Magic Art of the Great Humbug (Project Gutenberg #55)

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Alone after giving out brains, heart and courage, Oz smiles at his success and admits he cannot so easily send Dorothy home.

Citation: "How can I help being a humbug,” he said, “when all these people make me do things that everybody knows can’t be done?" — L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter XVI, The Magic Art of the Great Humbug (Project Gutenberg #55). (id the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz-q6)

Portrait: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, 006, William Wallace Denslow, Public domain.

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