When some men discharge an obligation, you can hear the report for mil…

Mark Twain
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When some men discharge an obligation, you can hear the report for miles around. ✨ Mark Twain (2012). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.164, Courier Corporation
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