There the wild animals wandered and fed as though they were in a pasture that stretched much farther than a man could see, and there were no settlers. Only Indians lived there.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERI believe we would be happier to have a personal revolution in our individual lives and go back to simpler living and more direct thinking.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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Tact does for life just what lubricating oil does for machinery.
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This earthly life is a battle,’ said Ma. ‘If it isn’t one thing to contend with, it’s another. It always has been so, and it always will be. The sooner you make up your mind to that, the better off you are, and more thankful for your pleasures.
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It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
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Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I’ll remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then don’t remember me at all.
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The trouble with organizing a thing is that pretty soon folks get to paying more attention to the organization than to what they’re organized for.
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These happy golden years are passing by, these happy golden years.
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In order to thoroughly enjoy anything, one must feel the absence of it at times.
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Remember well, and bear in mind, a constant friend is hard to find.
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Let’s be cheerful! We have no more right to steal the brightness out of the day for our own family than we have to steal the purse of a stranger.
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Many a good beginning makes a bad ending.
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It does not so much matter what happens. It is what one does when it happens that really counts.
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Once you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and sooner or later something dreadful happens.
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People used to have time to live and enjoy themselves, but there is no time anymore for anything but work, work, work.
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The sweetness of life lies in usefulness, like honey deep in the heart of a clover bloom.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary’s eyes, and Mary was blind.
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