Strictly speaking, there is but one real evil: I mean acute pain. All other complaints are so considerably diminished by time that it is plain the grief is owing to our passion, since the sensation of it vanishes when that is over. - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: "Strictly speaking, there is but one real evil: I mean acute pain. All other complaints are so considerably diminished by time that it is plain the grief is owing to our passion, since the sensation of it vanishes when that is over."

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Acute	Complaints	Considerably	Diminished
Evil	Grief	Mean	Other
Over	Owing	Pain	Passion
Plain	Real	Sensation	Since
Speaking	Strictly	Time	Vanishes

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