Or quick effluvia darting through the brain,
Die of a rose in aromatic pain?
(An Essay On Man In Four Epistles: Epistle 1)
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Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.
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Is not absence death to those who love.
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