Compare the following paragraphs, tell which one is better.
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When I come across a good article in reading newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the opposite side is as much interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to maintain good health, or advice about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to suffer damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text only the title. Therefore, the scissors would stay before they start, stuck halfway done when I find out the unfavorable result.

  Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your attention. You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be put off. But you know the future is unpredictable—the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left behind. Thus you are left in a difficult position and feel sad. How unfortunate that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life hangs greatly on your preference of one choice to the other.

  In fact that is what life is like: we are often torn between the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that your attention is drawn to one thing only too we get into another. The unexpected may be more important than the latter and give rise to divided mind. I still remember a philosopher’s remarks: “When one door shuts, another opens in life.” So a casual accident may not be a bad one.

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When I come across a good article in reading newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the opposite side is as much interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to maintain in good health, or advice about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to suffer damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text without the title. Therefore, the scissors would be useless before they start, be halfway done when I find out the unfavorable result.

Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your effort. You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be given up. But you know the future is unpredictable—the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left undone. Thus you are caught in a difficult position and feel sad. How unfortunate that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life depends greatly on your preference of one choice to the other.

In fact that is what duality is like: we are often confronted with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that your attention is drawn to one thing only once we get into another. The former may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I still remember a philosopher’s remarks: “When one door shuts, another opens in life.” So a casual decision may not be a bad one. 


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When I come across a good article in reading newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the  opposite side is as much interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to  keep in good health, or a report  about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to suffer  damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text without  the title. Therefore, the scissors would stay  before they start, or  halfway done when I find out the regretful  result.

  Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your attention . You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be given  up. But you know the future is unpredictable—the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left behind . Thus you are caught  in a difficult position and feel sad. How comes  that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life  improves greatly on your preference of one choice to the other.

  In fact that is what  life is like: we are often faced  with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that your attention is drawn to one thing only after  we get into another. The former  may be more important than the latter and give rise to divided mind. I still  remember a philosopher’s remarks: “When one door shuts, another opens in life.” So a casual  choice may not be a bad one.