Try as you may, you don't get down as you would from a horse, you get down as you would from a house afire. You make a spectacle of yourself every time. (Mark Twain)

Try as you may, you don't get down as you would from a horse, you get down as you would from a house afire. You make a spectacle of yourself every time.

Mark Twain

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