There are persons who always find a hair in their plate or soup for the simple reason that, when they sit down before it, they shake their heads until one falls in. (Christian Friedrich Hebbel)

There are persons who always find a hair in their plate or soup for the simple reason that, when they sit down before it, they shake their heads until one falls in.

Christian Friedrich Hebbel

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