Desire vs Attainment
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French author & moralist (1613 - 1680)
posted by mireille at 6:57 PM
5.13.2007
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French author & moralist (1613 - 1680)
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5 Comments:
All I said was "Do you want a stick of gum?"
Nothing's simple with you.
4:00 PM
what a great quote!
♥
UC
1:04 PM
happiness looks different from the outside and the inside. from the outside it can look unhappiness, even. yet it is happiness. :-P
1:47 PM
Love Doug's comment. :-)
True, though, so true. Fame and money didn't just make one's problems more public and more expensive (not like I know this personally).
9:17 AM
I have no idea how to interpret that last sentence I wrote. I think it should say "fame and money ONLY (strike 'just') make one's problems..." Sheesh.
9:18 AM
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