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This is the Ideal Life
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This is the Ideal Life

Mark Twain, author

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Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
― Mark Twain, author

One has a choice to decide all the things Twain says makes up a good life- we choose the books we read, the friends we keep, and whether or not we decide to stir up our conscience or let it slumber like some fat dragon.

When we choose otherwise we are making our…

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