Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness. ✨ Abraham Joshua H…

Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness. ✨ Abraham Joshua Heschel (1955). Insecurity of Freedom, p.80, Macmillan
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