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“Life let us cherish, while yet the taper glows, And the fresh flow'ret pluck ere it close; Why are we fond of toil and care? Why choose the rankling thorn to wear?”
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- Source:
- Life let us cherish.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 64b644515db383686c408404bd7caea7062ec0a4edd15ea4b4cad22c33d0d527
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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