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Quote by Samuel Butler
One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he i

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once. – Samuel Butler

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There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death. – Samuel Butler

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Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? is not this also a return? – Epictetus

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Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause. – Henry Ward Beecher

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If a man falls once, all will tread upon him. – Thomas Fuller

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