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The planting of trees is the least self-centered of all that we can do. It is a purer act of faith than the procreation of children.
Thornton Wilder
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Thornton Wilder
Age: 78 †
Born: 1897
Born: April 17
Died: 1975
Died: December 7
Novelist
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Madison
Wisconsin
Thornton Niven Wilder
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That's the advantage of having lived sixty-five years. You don't feel the need to be impatient any longer.
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When you're at war, you think about a better life when you're at peace you think about a more comfortable one.
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The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.
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Winning children (who appear so guileless) are children who have discovered how effective charm and modesty and a delicately calculated spontaneity are in winning what they want.
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