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The man who smokes, thinks like a sage and acts like a Samaritan.
— Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton · Night and Morning
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An editorial interpretation.
The speaker credits smoking with a benevolent effect: the smoker's mind turns wise and philosophical, and their conduct grows kind and charitable. It is a fond claim that tobacco makes a person both thoughtful and generous, offered as the speaker's view rather than established fact.
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