New Year's is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to a…

Mark Twain
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New Year's is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, and friendly calls and humbug resolutions. ✨ Mark Twain (1979). Early Tales & Sketches, Vol. 1: 1851-1864, p.180, Univ of California Press
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