No one is sane, straight along, year in and year out, and we all know …

Mark Twain
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No one is sane, straight along, year in and year out, and we all know it. Our insanities are of varying sorts, and express themselves in varying forms-fortunately harmless forms as a rule. ✨ Mark Twain (2014). Mark Twain’s Letters & Speeches (Annotated Edition), p.811, Jazzybee Verlag
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