There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one

Mark Twain
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There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy. ✨ Mark Twain (2000). The Jumping Frog: And 18 Other Stories, p.103, Book Tree
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There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy. ✨ Mark Twain (2000). The Jumping Frog: And 18 Other Stories, p.103, Book Tree

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