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One learns peoples through the heart, not the eyes or the intellect.

Mark Twain

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Mark Twain
Age: 74 †
Born: 1835
Born: November 30
Died: 1910
Died: April 21
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A friend is someone who stays in when the rest of the world has gone out.
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Plain question and plain answer make the shortest road out of most perplexities.
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