We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all bee…

Mark Twain
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We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when the toast works down to the babies, we stand on common ground. ✨ Mark Twain, General Press (2016). The Complete Works of Mark Twain: All 13 Novels, Short Stories, Poetry and Essays, p.2170, GENERAL PRESS
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