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It is the people who can do nothing who find nothing to do, and the secret to happiness in this world is not only to be useful, but to be forever elevating one's uses.
Sarah Orne Jewett
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Sarah Orne Jewett
Age: 60 †
Born: 1849
Born: September 3
Died: 1909
Died: December 24
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A harbor, even if it is a little harbor, is a good thing, since adventurers come into it as well as go out, and the life in it grows strong, because it takes something from the world, and has something to give in return.
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Conversation's got to have some root in the past, or else you've got to explain every remark you make, an' it wears a person out.
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There was a patient look on the old man's face, as if the world were a great mistake and he had nobody with whom to speak his own language or find companionship.
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