"Men continually forget that Happiness is a condition of Mind, and not a disposition of circumstances, and one of the most common of errors is that of confusing happiness with the means of happiness, sacrificing the first for the attainment of the second."
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William Edward Hartpole Lecky
William Edward Hartpole Lecky (26 March 1838 β 22 October 1903) was an Irish historian and political theorist.
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