Attributed to Mark Twain in The Reader's Digest: When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have t — Attributed to Mark Twain in The Reader's Digest

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

Attributed to Mark Twain in The Reader's Digest

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