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I tell you this, and I tell you plain: What you have done, you will do again You will bite your tongue, careful or not, Upon the already-bitten spot.

Mignon McLaughlin

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Mignon McLaughlin
Age: 70 †
Born: 1913
Born: June 6
Died: 1983
Died: December 20
Journalist
Writer
the United States of America
Tongue
Careful
Already
Bitten
Upon
Bite
Tell
Bites
Done
Spot
Life
Plain
Spots

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