In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he ma…

Mark Twain
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In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards. ✨ Mark Twain (2015). Bite-Size Twain: Wit and Wisdom from the Literary Legend, p.26, St. Martin's Press
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In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards. ✨ Mark Twain (2015). Bite-Size Twain: Wit and Wisdom from the Literary Legend, p.26, St. Martin's Press

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