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Life Quote 24446

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much of life. So aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.
• Henry David Thoreau


Quotes of the Day

Laugh and the world laughs with you, Weep and you weep alone For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own

• Ella Wheeler Wilcox



Poems of the Day
  • Ella Wheeler Wilcox
    Good-By To The Cradle
    by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
    GOOD-BY to the cradle, the dear wooden cradle, The rude hand of Progress has thrust it aside: No more to its motion, o'er Sleep's fairy ocean, Our play-weary wayfarers peacefully glide;