“Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.”
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It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
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The experience of ages has shown that a man who works on the land is purer, nobler, higher, and more moral... Agriculture should be at the basis of everything. That's my idea.
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Everywhere across whatever sorrows of which our life is woven, some radiant joy will gaily flash past.
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