Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took his last drink and sw…

Mark Twain
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Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took his last drink and swore his last oath. Today, we are a pious and exemplary community. Thirty days from now, we shall have cast our reformation to the winds and gone to cutting our ancient shortcomings considerably shorter than ever. ✨ Mark Twain (1979). Early Tales & Sketches, Vol. 1: 1851-1864, p.180, Univ of California Press
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