All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is…

William James
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All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat; youth and health and pleasure vanish. ✨ William James (1911). The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature; Being the Gifford Lectures on Natural Religion Delivered at Edinburgh in 1901-1902
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All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat; youth and health and pleasure vanish. ✨ William James (1911). The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature; Being the Gifford Lectures on Natural Religion Delivered at Edinburgh in 1901-1902

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