It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What ar…

Henry David Thoreau
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It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about? ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2015). Thoreau on Nature: Sage Words on Finding Harmony with the Natural World, p.14, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
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