“As I slowly grow wise I briskly grow cautious.”

“As I slowly grow wise I briskly grow cautious.”

— Mark Twain

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Title: Wikiquote: Mark Twain
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"English as She Is Taught", The Century, Vol. 33, No. 6, April 1887A slightly abridged version was reprinted as [http://books.google.com/books?id=CxIuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR11 Introduction to Caroline B. Le Row, English as She Is Taught: Genuine Answers to Some Examination Questions Asked in Our Public Schoo

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Twain, Mark. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Mark Twain. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mark_Twain

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