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There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.
There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.
Approximate author period: c. 1855 AD · industrial
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- James Russell Lowell
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- Approximate author period: c. 1855 AD · industrial
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Democracy and Addresses.
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