The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.
Henry Van Dyke
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- Use what talents you possess the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
- Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest.
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