Mark Twain: We haven't all had the good fortune to be ladies; we haven't all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when the toa

We haven't all had the good fortune to be ladies; we haven't all been generals, — Mark Twain

We haven't all had the good fortune to be ladies; we haven't all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when the toast works down to the babies, we stand on common ground.

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