It was too late for happiness - but not too late to be helped by the t…

Edith Wharton
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It was too late for happiness - but not too late to be helped by the thought of what I had missed. That is all I haved lived on - don't take it from me now ✨ Edith Wharton (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated), p.790, Delphi Classics
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It was too late for happiness - but not too late to be helped by the thought of what I had missed. That is all I haved lived on - don't take it from me now ✨ Edith Wharton (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated), p.790, Delphi Classics

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