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April 9, 2026

"It is the nature of extreme self-lovers, as they will set an house on fire, and it were but to roast their eggs."

Francis BaconFrancis Bacon
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1909 – 1992
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British novelist and journalist, author of the Booker Prize-winning novel "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time."

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