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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.

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Vices are simply overworked virtues.
LAURA INGALLS WILDER

Simplicity Vice Virtue Work
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
LAURA INGALLS WILDER

Life Oneself Reality Simplicity Sweet
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
There is a spirit in every home, a sort of composite spirit composed of the thoughts and feelings of the members of the family as a composite photograph is formed of the features of different individuals.
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Different Feeling Home Member Photograph Spirit
Courage and kindness, loyalty, truth, and helpfulness are always the same and always needed.
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Courage Kindness Loyalty Need Truth
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.
LAURA INGALLS WILDER

Advice Heart Human Light Live Person Thinking Way
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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Easy Father Home Need Quick Weapon
Many a good beginning makes a bad ending.
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Bad Beginning End Goodness
No rich man can walk through the eye of a needle.
LAURA INGALLS WILDER

Eyes Man Rich Walk
All those golden autumn days the sky was full of wings. Wings beating low over the blue water of Silver Lake, wings beating high in the blue air far above it bearing them all away to the green fields in the South.
LAURA INGALLS WILDER

Day Gold Water Wings
Every job is good if you do your best and work hard. A man who works hard stinks only to the ones that have nothing to do but smell.
LAURA INGALLS WILDER

Best Goodness Job Oneself Work Hard
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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Dignity Goodness Ideas Important Ourselves Time Value
The uplift of a fearless heart will help us over barriers. No one ever overcomes difficulties by going at them in a hesitant, doubtful way.
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Difficult Doubt Fear Heart Help Hesitant Way
In these days when we feed those who are not hungry, we are stealing from those who are starving, even though the food is our own.
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Day Food Hungry Ourselves Starve Steal
The real things haven’t changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.
LAURA INGALLS WILDER

Best Change Courage Honesty Reality Simplicity Wrong
Never bet your money on another man’s game.
LAURA INGALLS WILDER

Game Man Money

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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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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