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One saves oneself much pain, by taking pains much trouble, by taking trouble.
Augustus William Hare
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Augustus William Hare
Age: 41 †
Born: 1792
Born: November 17
Died: 1834
Died: January 22
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We look to our last sickness for repentance, unmindful that it is during a recovery men repent, not during a sickness.
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They who disbelieve in virtue because man has never been found perfect, might as reasonably deny the sun because it is not always noon.
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