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• The vast majority of people who live a rural life tend to do this in the country, away from viewers and watchers, and for this, I guess we can be thankful.
• ...the difference between town and country is mostly the view. -- Nan Fairbrothe
• He lived his life to the end.
• A life lived in fear is only half lived. -- Spanish proverb
• In sober state, Through the sequestered vale of rural life, The venerable patriarch guileless held The tenor of his way.
  -- Beilby Porteus (1731-1808) -- Death, Line 108...
• An elegant sufficiency, content, Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books, Ease and alternate labour, useful life, Progressive virtue, and approving Heaven!
  -- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Spring, Line 1158...
• Kierkegaard's Observation: Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.
• Have you lived here all your life? Oh, twice that long.
• Have you lived in this village all your life? No, not yet.