A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too short.…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too short. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). The Conduct of Life, p.130, Harvard University Press
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A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too short. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). The Conduct of Life, p.130, Harvard University Press

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