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When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. When I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.

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Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910) American author and humorist. Nineteenth century author of Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Puddinhead Wilson, and others.

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    Cuando tenía catorce años, mi padre era tan ignorante que apenas podía soportar tenerlo cerca. Cuando cumplí los veintiún años, me sorprendió lo mucho que había aprendido en siete años.

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