High and fine literature is wine, and mine is only water; but everybod…

Mark Twain
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High and fine literature is wine, and mine is only water; but everybody likes water. ✨ Mark Twain (2004). The Letters of Mark Twain, p.30, 1st World Publishing
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High and fine literature is wine, and mine is only water; but everybody likes water. ✨ Mark Twain (2004). The Letters of Mark Twain, p.30, 1st World Publishing

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