We often love to think now of ...

We often love to think now of the life of men on beaches,--at least in midsummer, when the weather is serene; their sunny lives onthe sand, amid the beach-grass and bayberries, their companion a cow, their wealth a jag of driftwood or a few beach plums, and their music the surf and the peep of the beech-bird.
We often love to think now of the life of men on beaches,--at least in midsummer, when the weather is serene; their sunny lives onthe sand, amid the beach-grass and bayberries, their companion a cow, their wealth a jag of driftwood or a few beach plums, and their music the surf and the peep of the beech-bird.
 Henry David Thoreau

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Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.
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The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.
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A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.
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