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"Youth is like spring, an over praised season more remarkable for biting winds than genial breezes. Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits."

— Samuel Butler

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Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.

— Samuel Butler

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