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. by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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"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." - Copy to Clipboard

-- Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Top 5 quotes from Nathaniel Hawthorne

"The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits."
"Happiness is a butterfly which when pursued is just out of grasp... But if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."
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"In youth men are apt to write more wisely than they really know or feel; and the remainder of life may be not idly spent in realizing and convincing themselves of the wisdom which they uttered long ago."
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