• 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
  English poet 1835-1902
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. businesses
2. sensible
3. fighting
4. leave

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

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