Ignoring the wisdom and experience of others may cause terrible consequences.
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"I won't", said his friend doggedly. "I threw it on fire, if you keep it, don't blame me for what happens. Pitch it on the fire again, like a sensible man."
"The last face was so horrible and so Simian that he gazed at in amazement. It got so vivid that, with a little uneasy laugh, he felt on the table for a glass containing a little water to throw over it."