The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can …

Mark Twain
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The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become until he goes abroad. I speak now, of course, in the supposition that the gentle reader has not been abroad, and therefore is not already a consummate ass. If the case be otherwise, I beg his pardon and extend to him the cordial hand of fellowship and call him brother. ✨ Mark Twain (2008). The Innocents Abroad, p.233, Velvet Element Books
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