The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties and the fullest realization of the world in…Bertrand Russell
“The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.”
“The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.”
— CHARLES LAMB
Essayist · 1775 – 1834
English essayist best known for the Essays of Elia, written under the pen name Elia. With his sister Mary he also wrote Tales from Shakespeare (1807), which introduced generations of children to the plays.
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