It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and…

Mark Twain
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It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them. ✨ Mark Twain (2012). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.180, Courier Corporation
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