If there wasn't anything to find out, it would be dull. Even trying to…

Mark Twain
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If there wasn't anything to find out, it would be dull. Even trying to find out and not finding out is just as interesting as trying to find out and finding out; and I don't know but more so. ✨ Mark Twain (2001). How Nancy Jackson Married Kate Wilson and Other Tales of Rebellious Girls & Daring Young Women, p.194, U of Nebraska Press
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