He does not care for flowers. Calls them rubbish, and cannot tell one …

Mark Twain
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He does not care for flowers. Calls them rubbish, and cannot tell one from another, and thinks it is superior to feel like that. ✨ Mark Twain, Howard G. Baetzhold, Joseph B. Mccullough (1996). The Bible According to Mark Twain, p.25, Simon and Schuster
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He does not care for flowers. Calls them rubbish, and cannot tell one from another, and thinks it is superior to feel like that. ✨ Mark Twain, Howard G. Baetzhold, Joseph B. Mccullough (1996). The Bible According to Mark Twain, p.25, Simon and Schuster

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