Man can seldom - very, very, seldom - fight a winning fight against hi…

Mark Twain
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Man can seldom - very, very, seldom - fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy. ✨ Mark Twain, Albert Bigelow Paine (1923). The Writings of Mark Twain
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