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Steve Page
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The weight of the smoke
You can only weigh the smoke
after the ashes.
You can only measure the man
after the tears.
Walter Raleigh had a wager that he could weigh the smoke from his piped tobacco. Look it up - he won the bet by weighing the ashes.
#smoke
#ash
#value
#life
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Steve Page
62/M/London, U.K.
(62/M/London, U.K.)
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