“ It is a goodly life that you lead, friend; no doubt the best in the world, if only you are strong enough to lead it! ”
Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows (1908). copy citation
| Author | Kenneth Grahame |
|---|---|
| Source | The Wind in the Willows |
| Topic | strength life |
| Date | 1908 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/289/289-h/289-h.htm |
Context
“There is a sound of distant reapers, and yonder rises a blue line of cottage smoke against the woodland. The river runs somewhere close by, for I hear the call of a moorhen, and I see by your build that you're a freshwater mariner. Everything seems asleep, and yet going on all the time. It is a goodly life that you lead, friend; no doubt the best in the world, if only you are strong enough to lead it!'
'Yes, it's THE life, the only life, to live,' responded the Water Rat dreamily, and without his usual whole-hearted conviction.
'I did not say exactly that,' replied the stranger cautiously; 'but no doubt it's the best.” source
'Yes, it's THE life, the only life, to live,' responded the Water Rat dreamily, and without his usual whole-hearted conviction.
'I did not say exactly that,' replied the stranger cautiously; 'but no doubt it's the best.” source
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