My idea of our civilization is that it is a shoddy, poor thing and ful…

Mark Twain
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My idea of our civilization is that it is a shoddy, poor thing and full of cruelties, vanities, arrogances, meannesses and hypocrisies. ✨ Mark Twain (2012). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.47, Courier Corporation
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My idea of our civilization is that it is a shoddy, poor thing and full of cruelties, vanities, arrogances, meannesses and hypocrisies. ✨ Mark Twain (2012). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.47, Courier Corporation

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