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"But in the east the sky was pale and through the gray woods came lanterns with wagons and horses, bringing Grandpa and Grandma and aunts and uncles and cousins."
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"There is no aspect of life that you take that does not demand discipline. It is a requirement of life. It is not a matter of choice."
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"Don't be your own devil."
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"You may not be able to do anything about how you feel, but you can do something about how you act. People will definitely offend you willing or unwilling by their words and actions...but you can choose to let that offence sink you down or not...."
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"When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness."
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"Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not."
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"I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end by leaving me nothing."
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"Self-control is a divided battle in one body. The "self" produces desires that "you" must battle with and kick off. Two wrestlers in one body. Just imagine. It's difficult, though rewarding!"
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"When you have learned to love and control yourself, then you become the master of yourself."
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"It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters."
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"Control your anger, be calm."
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"A long time ago, when all the grandfathers and grandmothers of today were little boys and little girls or very small babies, or perhaps not even born, Pa and Ma and Mary and Laura and Baby Carrie left their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin."
Time
"Pa did not like a country so old and worn out that the hunting was poor. He wanted to go west. For two years he had wanted to go west and take a homestead, but Ma did not want to leave the settled country."
Nation
"Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it."
Love
"If enough people think of a thing and work hard enough at it, I guess it's pretty nearly bound to happen, wind and weather permitting."
Work
"Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind."
Tragedy
"The enormous lake stretched flat and smooth and white all the way to the edge of the gray sky. Wagon tracks went away across it, so far that you could not see where they went; they ended in nothing at all."
Nothing
"There 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."
Animals
"Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I will remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then don't remember me at all."
Laughter
"Once you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and sooner or later something dreadful happens."
Being
"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."
Work
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