Let us consider that we are all partially insane. It will explain us t…

Mark Twain
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Let us consider that we are all partially insane. It will explain us to each other; it will unriddle many riddles; it will make clear and simple many things which are involved in haunting and harassing difficulties and obscurities now. ✨ Mark Twain (2010). The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg: And Other Stories, p.161, The Floating Press
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