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  • Life is but short; no time can be afforded but for the indulgence of real sorry, or contests upon questions seriously momentous. Let us not throw away any of our days upon useless resentment, or contend who shall hold out longest in stubborn malignity. It is best not to be angry; and best, in the next place, to be quickly reconciled.

    Samuel Johnson (2014). “The Letters of Samuel Johnson, Volume II: 1773-1776”, p.360, Princeton University Press