As in all sweetest music, a tinge of sadness was in every note. Nor do…

George MacDonald
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As in all sweetest music, a tinge of sadness was in every note. Nor do we know how much of the pleasures even of life we owe to the intermingled sorrows. Joy cannot unfold the deepest truths, although deepest truth must be deepest joy. ✨ George MacDonald (2015). Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated), p.72, Delphi Classics
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