It is a wise child that knows its own father, and an unusual one that …

Mark Twain
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It is a wise child that knows its own father, and an unusual one that unreservedly approves of him. ✨ Mark Twain (2012). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.121, Courier Corporation
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