Happiness depends upon ourselves.Aristotle
“Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”
“Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”
— NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
Novelist and short story writer · 1804 – 1864
Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist and short story writer known for The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables. His works explore sin, guilt and the moral history of Puritan New England.
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