It is a dear and lovely disposition, and a most valuable one, that can…

Mark Twain
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It is a dear and lovely disposition, and a most valuable one, that can brush away indignities and discourtesies and seek and find the pleasanter features of an experience. ✨ Mark Twain (2010). Mark Twain's Own Autobiography: The Chapters from the North American Review, p.62, Univ of Wisconsin Press
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