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Alas, how easily things go wrong!A sigh too much, a kiss too longAnd there follows a mist and a weeping rainAnd life is never the same again


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This page presents the quote "Alas, how easily things go wrong!A sigh too much, a kiss too longAnd there follows a mist and a weeping rainAnd life is never the same again". Author of this quote is George MacDonald, Phantastes. This quote is about failure, regret, defeat,.