Fancy packaging doesn't change what's underneath—sometimes we're just paying more for the same thing dressed up differently. That designer version of your regular product? Often just cabbage with a college education. Twain's reminding us that sophistication is mostly marketing.

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Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.

Mark Twain

Source: Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 5, Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar, 1894