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If we had no winter the spring would not be so pleasant.

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If we had no winter the spring would not be so pleasant if we did not sometimes taste of adversity prosperity would not be so welcome.

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...And although thus short, we shorten many ways,Living so little while we are alive;In eating, drinking, sleeping, vain delightSo unawares comes on p...more

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If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."]