We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we d…

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We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess. ✨ Mark Twain (2012). Autobiography of Mark Twain: Volume 1, Reader’s Edition, p.251, Univ of California Press
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We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess. ✨ Mark Twain (2012). Autobiography of Mark Twain: Volume 1, Reader’s Edition, p.251, Univ of California Press

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