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.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERThere 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.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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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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Did you ever think how a bit of land shows the character of the owner?
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Many a good beginning makes a bad ending.
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We go lightheartedly on our way, never thinking that by a careless word or two we may have altered the whole course of human lives, for some person will take our advice and use it.
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The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.
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These happy golden years are passing by, these happy golden years.
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Home is the nicest word there is.
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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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These times are too progressive. Everything has changed too fast. Railroads and telegraphs and kerosene and coal stoves — they’re good to have but the trouble is, folks get to depend on ’em.
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Let your joy scream across the pain.
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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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A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing.
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That which is the wonder of one age is the commonplace of the next.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary’s eyes, and Mary was blind.
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I believe we would be happier to have a personal revolution in our individual lives and go back to simpler living and more direct thinking.
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