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Quote by Samuel Smiles
If we opened our minds to enjoyment, we might find tranquil pleasu

If we opened our minds to enjoyment, we might find tranquil pleasures spread about us on every side. We might live with the angels that visit us on every sunbeam, and sit with the fairies who wait on every flower. – Samuel Smiles

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We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. – Samuel Smiles

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The wise man… if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear. – Samuel Smiles

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Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever. – Samuel Smiles

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There never was a merry world since the fairies left off dancing, and the Parson left conjuring. – John Selden, "Parson," Table Talk, 1689

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A rustle in the wind reminds us a fairy is near. – Author Unknown

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Wind chimes in your yard will serenade garden creatures — squirrels, fairies and angels. – Author Unknown

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Raindrops are like fairy whispers. – Author Unknown

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