To lose a friend is the ...

To lose a friend is the greatest of all evils, but endeavour rather to rejoice that you possessed him than to mourn his loss.
To lose a friend is the greatest of all evils, but endeavour rather to rejoice that you possessed him than to mourn his loss.

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