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Good company

Good company upon the road is the shortest cut. Author Unknown

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It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous

It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to. George Santayana

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Let men tremble to win the hand of woman

Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart!  Else it may be their miserable fortune, when some mightier touch than their own may have awakened all her … Continue reading

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Opportunities do not come with their values stamped upon them

Opportunities do not come with their values stamped upon them. Maltbie Babcock

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Once you have heard the lark

Once you have heard the lark, known the swish of feet through hill-top grass and smelt the earth made ready for the seed, you are never again going to be fully happy about the cities and towns that man carries … Continue reading

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Impress upon the soul of man

Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes – every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man. Orison Swett Marden

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The family

What a type of happy family is the family of the sun! with what order, with what harmony, with what blessed peace, do his children the planets move around him, shining with light which they drink in from their parent’s … Continue reading

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Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children

Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests. Thornton Wilder

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The most perfect refreshment

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. Jane Austen

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I am happy

I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and poplar trees.  The trail has strung upon it, as upon a thread of silk, opalescent dawns and saffron sunsets.  It has given … Continue reading

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