One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single hole or ace, … - William Hazlitt

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A sister they had, Galadriel, most beautiful of all the house of Finwë; her hair was lit with gold as though it had caught in a mesh the radiance of Laurelin.

William Hazlitt

One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single hole or ace, than if one has never had a chance of winning it.

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