I would not rob you of your food or your clothes or your umbrella, but…

Mark Twain
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I would not rob you of your food or your clothes or your umbrella, but if I caught your German out I would take it. But I don't study any more,- I have given it up. ✨ Mark Twain (2012). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.143, Courier Corporation
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I would not rob you of your food or your clothes or your umbrella, but if I caught your German out I would take it. But I don't study any more,- I have given it up. ✨ Mark Twain (2012). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.143, Courier Corporation

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