The way it is now, the asylums can hold the sane people, but if we tri…

Mark Twain
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The way it is now, the asylums can hold the sane people, but if we tried to shut up the insane we should run out of building materials. ✨ Mark Twain (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated), p.5637, Delphi Classics
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