I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather tha…

John Stuart Mill
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I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them. ✨ The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health. The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health, Vol. LXXXV, p. 170, September, 1887.
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I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them. ✨ The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health. The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health, Vol. LXXXV, p. 170, September, 1887.

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