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There is no good in arguing with the inevitable.

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable.

Approximate author period: c. 1855 AD · industrial

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James Russell Lowell
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Approximate author period: c. 1855 AD · industrial
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Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)

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