The believing we do something when we do nothing is the first illusion…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The believing we do something when we do nothing is the first illusion of tobacco. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). The Annotated Emerson, p.452, Harvard University Press
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