"To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. Every man is tasked to make his life, even in its details, worthy of the contemplation of his most elevated and critical hour."
Thoreau
".....We should be careful of each other, we should be kind, while there is still time." Philip Larkin
Saturday, June 2, 2012
The quality of the day
"To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. Every man is tasked to make his life, even in its details, worthy of the contemplation of his most elevated and critical hour."
Thoreau
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