It liberates the vandal to travel-you never saw a bigoted, opinionated…

Mark Twain
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It liberates the vandal to travel-you never saw a bigoted, opinionated, stubborn, narrow-minded, self-conceited, almighty mean man in your life but he had stuck in one place since he was born and thought God made the world and dyspepsia and bile for his especial comfort and satisfaction. ✨ Mark Twain (2016). The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain, p.101, Chartwell
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