Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
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Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.
Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy.
You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.
Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought; our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.
Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.
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