The most permanent lessons in morals are those which come, not of book…

Mark Twain
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The most permanent lessons in morals are those which come, not of book teaching, but of experience. ✨ Mark Twain (2016). The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain, p.162, Chartwell
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