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We who live in quiet places have the opportunity to become acquainted with ourselves, to think our own thoughts and live our own lives in a way that is not possible for those keeping up with the crowd.

Laura Ingalls Wilder

The sweetness of life lies in usefulness, like honey deep in the heart of a clover bloom.
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Heart Life Lying Sweet
There is nothing wrong with God’s plan that man should earn his bread by the sweat of his brow.
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God Himself Planning Wrong
Tact does for life just what lubricating oil does for machinery.
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Life Lubrication Machine
The days have never been long enough to do the things I would like to do. Every year has held more of interest than the year before.
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Day Enough Interest Investment Profit
Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.
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Defeat Fashion Hard Nature Old Sunshine
Never bet your money on another man’s game.
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Game Man Money
Everything from the little house was in the wagon, except the beds and tables and chairs. They did not need to take these, because Pa could always make new ones.
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Build Exception Father Home Need Ourselves
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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Laughter Remember Smile Tears Yourself
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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Battle Better Earth Happiness Life Mindset Thankful
It is the simple things of life that make living worthwhile, the sweet fundamental things such as love and duty, work and rest, and living close to nature.
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Life Love Nature Simplicity Sweet Worth
Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.
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Better Childhood Growth Heart Spirit
We’d never get anything fixed to suit us if we waited for things to suit us before we started.
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Beginning Start Time Wait
Life begins at eighty.
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Beginning Deep Life One Liner Perspective
Vices are simply overworked virtues.
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Simplicity Vice Virtue Work
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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Enjoy Live People Time Work
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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Cheerful Family Ourselves Purse Right Steal Stranger

We who live in quiet places have the opportunity to become acquainted with ourselves, to think our own thoughts and live our own lives in a way that is not possible for those keeping up with the crowd.

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