I can understand German as well as the maniac that invented it, but I …

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I can understand German as well as the maniac that invented it, but I talk it best through an interpreter. ✨ Mark Twain, General Press (2016). The Complete Works of Mark Twain: All 13 Novels, Short Stories, Poetry and Essays, p.3252, GENERAL PRESS
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I can understand German as well as the maniac that invented it, but I talk it best through an interpreter. ✨ Mark Twain, General Press (2016). The Complete Works of Mark Twain: All 13 Novels, Short Stories, Poetry and Essays, p.3252, GENERAL PRESS

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