It's awful undermining to the intellect, German is; you want to take i…

Mark Twain
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It's awful undermining to the intellect, German is; you want to take it in small doses, or first you know your brains all run together, and you feel them flapping around in your head same as so much drawn butter. ✨ Mark Twain (2012). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.142, Courier Corporation
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