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“The ordinary chestnut can beget a sickly and reluctant laugh,…” quote by Mark Twain — Download Open image

“The ordinary chestnut can beget a sickly and reluctant laugh, but it takes a horse chestnut to fetch the gorgeous big horse-laugh.”

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