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There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
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Nor do I hold that every kind of gain is always serviceable. Gain, I know, has render'd many great. But there are times when loss should be preferred to gain.
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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another's experience.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Born:
254 BC
Died:
184 BC
(aged 70)
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