Ralph Waldo Emerson: A day for toil, an hour for sport, But for a friend is life too short.

A day for toil, an hour for sport, But for a friend is life too short. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

A day for toil, an hour for sport, But for a friend is life too short.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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