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In time, the most stubborn grief will leave us, if in prudence we do not leave that first.
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The ostentation of grief is many times more than the grief itself.
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To lament the death of a friend is both natural and just; a sigh or a tear I would allow to his memory: but no profuse or obstinate sorrow.
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To mourn without measure is folly, and not to mourn at all is insensibility.
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A false and a childish sorrow is appeased with as false and as childish a revenge.
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A wise man gives way to tears in some cases, and cannot avoid them in others.