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"Do not anxiously expect what is not yet come; do not vainly regret what is already past." »Chinese
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"A critic is a gong at a railroad crossing clanging loudly and vainly as the train goes by." »Christopher Morley
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"One must never lose time in vainly regretting the past or in complaining against the changes which cause us discomfort, for change is the essence of life." »Anatole France
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"I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think vainly, flattered myself that, without very much bloodshed, it might be done." »John Brown, last words in a written note given to his jailer, Dec. 2, 1859
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"Folly, thou conquerest, and I must yieldAgainst stupidity the very godsThemselves contend in vain. Exalted reason,Resplendent daughter of the head divine,Wise foundress of the system of the world,Guide of the stars, who are thou then, if thou,Bound to the tail of folly's uncurb'd steed,Must, vainly shrieking, with the drunken crowd,Eyes open, plunge down headlong in the abyss." »Johann Christian Friedrich von Schiller
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