“There is no greater vocation than to serve. But there is no greater purpose than to love. Live a life that does both, and you’ll be truly happy.”
Letter of advice to British diplomat Tom Fletcher's son. https://twitter.com/TFletcher/status/1033597850729570304
2000s, 2008
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Canto V, lines 121–123 (tr. Longfellow).
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Than to be mindful of the happy time
In misery.”
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
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