Of the demonstrably wise there are but two: those who commit suicide, …

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Of the demonstrably wise there are but two: those who commit suicide, & those who keep their reasoning faculties atrophied with drink. ✨ Mark Twain, Albert Bigelow Paine (1971). Mark Twain's notebook, Scholarly Pr
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