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I have no relish for the country; it is a kind of healthy grave. -

I have no relish for the country; it is a kind of healthy grave. – Sydney Smith

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A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience. – Sydney Smith

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Happiness
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In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style. – Sydney Smith

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Brevity
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People tell me that the countryside must always be stupid and backward, and I get angry, as if it were said that only townspeople had immortal souls, and that it was only in the city that the flame of divinity breathed into the first men had an unobscured glow. – George William Russell

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Country

As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children. – John Adams

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Country
[T]here is no practice… which tends to renovate the constitution, than a temporary retirement to the country… – John Sinclair, The Code of Health and Longevity, c.1815

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Country

When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself Yes indeed, all that belongs to me! – Henri Rousseau

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Country

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Having good health, being able to breathe and be happy, thats one of the most beautiful gifts. On top of that, I have the gift to play music and make people happy through that. Im just telling you from my heart, Im so in love with life. – Roy Ayers

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