"My father was a prosperous hatter-farmer - making hats for the local markets during the winter months, tilling his little ten-acre farm during the summer time."

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Source : Jenkin Lloyd Jones (2016). “An Artilleryman's Civil War Diary (Abridged, Annotated)”, p.4, BIG BYTE BOOKS

Jenkin Lloyd Jones

#Summer Quotes #Father Quotes #Winter Quotes

“A very important thing is not to make up your mind that you are any one thing.”
“She is a friend of mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order. It's good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind.”
“Stay true to what you believe in and don't let people try to change that direction. Don't take 'no' for an answer.”
“I know that I am very popular in Holland, in fact I have visited Amsterdam several times to publicize my books. I have a great publisher in Holland and they have published all of my books in Dutch.”
“I'm single because I was born that way.”
“Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod.”
“In idle wishes, fools supinely stay. Be there a will and wisdom finds a way.”

Source : George Crabbe, John Crabbe (1834). “The poetical works of the Rev. George Crabbe: in eight volumes”, p.247
“Change Wonâ€™t Happen Immediately, as Nigeriaâ€™s Problems Didnâ€™t Start Overnight”

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