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> [I do not live to play, but I play in order that I may live, and return with greater zest to the labors of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/i-do-not-live-to-play-but-i-play-in-order-that-i-may-live-and-return/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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> [“Most men, even in this comparatively free country, through mere ignorance and mistake, are so occupied with the factitious cares and superfluously coarse labors of life that its finer fruits cannot be plucked by them. Their fingers, from excessive toil,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/most-men-even-in-this-comparatively-free-country-through-mere-2/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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