“If thou hast sought happiness and missed it, but hast found wisdom instead, thou art fortunate.”
John Lancaster Spalding (1840–1916) Catholic bishop
Source: Aphorisms and Reflections (1901), p. 85
“Hairbreadth missings of happiness look like the insults of Fortune.”
Book XIII, Ch. 2
The History of Tom Jones (1749)
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