If you would beseech a blessing upon yourself, beware! lest without in…

Mark Twain
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If you would beseech a blessing upon yourself, beware! lest without intent you invoke a curse upon a neighbor at the same time. ✨ Mark Twain (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated), p.3180, Delphi Classics
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If you would beseech a blessing upon yourself, beware! lest without intent you invoke a curse upon a neighbor at the same time. ✨ Mark Twain (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated), p.3180, Delphi Classics

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