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It is life near the bone where it is sweetest.

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He who hears the rippling of rivers in these degenerate days will not utterly despair.

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Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.

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The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard

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Most of the luxuries, and many of the so called comforts of life, are not only indispensable, but positive hinderances to the elevation of mankind. Wi...more

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If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculato...more

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This afternoon, being on Fair Haven Hill, I heard the sound of a saw, and soon after from the Cliff saw two men sawing down a noble pine beneath, abou...more

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In any weather, at any hour of the day or night, I have been anxious to improve the nick of time, and notch it on my stick too; to stand on the meetin...more

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Society is commonly too cheap. We meet at very short intervals, not having had time to acquire any new value for each other.We meet at meals three tim...more

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There is on the earth no institution which Friendship has established; it is not taught by any religion; no scripture contains its maxims. It has no t...more