I cannot call to mind a single instance where I have ever been irrever…

Mark Twain
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I cannot call to mind a single instance where I have ever been irreverent, except toward the things which were sacred to other people. ✨ Mark Twain (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated), p.4097, Delphi Classics
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I cannot call to mind a single instance where I have ever been irreverent, except toward the things which were sacred to other people. ✨ Mark Twain (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated), p.4097, Delphi Classics

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