It was not that Adam ate the apple for the apple's sake, but because i…

Mark Twain
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It was not that Adam ate the apple for the apple's sake, but because it was forbidden. It would have been better for us-oh infinitely better for us-if the serpent had been forbidden ✨ Mark Twain (2012). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.3, Courier Corporation
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It was not that Adam ate the apple for the apple's sake, but because it was forbidden. It would have been better for us-oh infinitely better for us-if the serpent had been forbidden ✨ Mark Twain (2012). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.3, Courier Corporation

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