Obscurity and a competence—that is the life that is best worth living.…

Mark Twain
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Obscurity and a competence—that is the life that is best worth living. ✨ Mark Twain (2015). Bite-Size Twain: Wit and Wisdom from the Literary Legend, p.27, St. Martin's Press
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