A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book…

Henry David Thoreau
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A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (1960). H. D. Thoreau, a Writer's Journal, p.93, Courier Corporation
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A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (1960). H. D. Thoreau, a Writer's Journal, p.93, Courier Corporation

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