A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught. ✨ M…

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A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught. ✨ Mark Twain, Susan K. Harris (1994). Historical Romances: The Prince and the Pauper, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, p.115, Library of America
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A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught. ✨ Mark Twain, Susan K. Harris (1994). Historical Romances: The Prince and the Pauper, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, p.115, Library of America

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