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Essayist · American
American essayist
“We may fail of our happiness strive we ever so bravely but we are less likely to fail if we measure with judgment our chances and our capabilities.”
“It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.”
“The tourist may complain of other tourists but he would be lost without them.”
“Wit is the salt of conversation not the food and few things in the world are more wearying than a sarcastic attitude towards life.”