There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.
~ Lowell
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James Russell Lowell
A sneer
A sneer is the weapon of the weak. Like other devil’s weapons, it is always cunningly ready to our hand, and there is more poison in the handle than in the point.
~ James Russell Lowell
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