Delicacy - a sad, sad false delicacy - robs literature of the two best…

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Delicacy - a sad, sad false delicacy - robs literature of the two best things among its belongings: Family-circle narratives & obscene stories. ✨ Mark Twain (2016). The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain, p.55, Chartwell
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Delicacy - a sad, sad false delicacy - robs literature of the two best things among its belongings: Family-circle narratives & obscene stories. ✨ Mark Twain (2016). The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain, p.55, Chartwell

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