Once more I realized to what an extent earthly happiness is made to the measure of man. It is not a rare bird which we must pursue at one moment in heaven, at the next in our minds. Happiness is a domestic bird found in our own courtyards.
Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown.
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Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown.
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