It is better to be a young June-bug than an old bird of paradise. ✨ Ma…

Mark Twain
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It is better to be a young June-bug than an old bird of paradise. ✨ Mark Twain (1998). The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations, p.30, Courier Corporation
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