We despise no source that can pay us a pleasing attention. ✨ Mark Twai…

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We despise no source that can pay us a pleasing attention. ✨ Mark Twain (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated), p.3362, Delphi Classics
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