He gossips habitually; he lacks the common wisdom to keep still that d…

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He gossips habitually; he lacks the common wisdom to keep still that deadly enemy of man, his own tongue. ✨ Mark Twain, Arthur Grove Day (1975). Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii, p.171, University of Hawaii Press
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