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"A cigar," said the altruist, "a cigar, my good man, I cannot give you. But any time you need a light, just come around; mine is always lit."

Karl Kraus
Men, Light, Giving
"Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths". Book by Karl Kraus, translated by Harry Zohn, 1986.
A cigar, said the altruist, a cigar, my good man, I cannot give you. But any time you need a light, just come around; mine is always lit.