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Grief Has Limits, Whereas Apprehension Has None. For We Grieve Only For What Has Happened, But We Fear All That Possibly May Happen.
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"Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for
what has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen."
-- Pliny the Younger
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