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One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.
James Russell Lowell
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James Russell Lowell
Age: 72 †
Born: 1819
Born: February 22
Died: 1891
Died: August 12
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Cambridge
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A stray hair, by its continued irritation, may give more annoyance than a smart blow.
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Metaphor is no argument, though it be sometimes the gunpowder to drive one home, and imbed it in the memory.
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That cause is strong which has, not a multitude, but one strong man behind it.
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'T is heaven alone that is given away 'T is only God may be had for the asking.
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