"I'm glad I don't have to explain to a man from Mars why each day I set fire to dozens of little pieces of paper, and then put them in my mouth."

Habit, Day, Fire, Man

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"I'm glad I don't have to explain to a man from Mars why each day I set fire to dozens of little pieces of paper, and then put them in my mouth."

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"It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not."

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