Tact does for life just what lubricating oil does for machinery.
LAURA INGALLS WILDEREverything 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.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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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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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That’s a gift that you have received from God. Don’t waste it.
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We must get rid of the habit of classing all women together politically and thinking of the ‘woman’s vote’ as one and indivisible.
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You venture into the unknown land because that is where your heart will take you. In the end, it is not what you want to do, it is something you have to do.
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I understood….that in my own life I represented a whole period of American history.
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The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.
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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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When Pa was at home the gun always lay across those two wooden hooks above the door. … The gun was always loaded, and always above the door so that Pa could get it quickly and easily, any time he needed a gun.
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Did you ever think how a bit of land shows the character of the owner?
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Vices are simply overworked virtues.
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It is a good idea sometimes to think of the importance and dignity of our every-day duties. It keeps them from being so tiresome; besides, others are apt take us at our own valuation.
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These happy golden years are passing by, these happy golden years.
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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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In order to thoroughly enjoy anything, one must feel the absence of it at times.
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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.
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