A dream...I was trying to explain to St. Peter, and was doing it in th…

Mark Twain
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A dream...I was trying to explain to St. Peter, and was doing it in the German tongue, because I didn't want to be too explicit. ✨ Mark Twain (2012). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.142, Courier Corporation
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