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 s

Try as you may, you don't get down as you would from a horse, you get down as yo — 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.

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