"happiness depends more upon the state of mind - and body, perhaps - than upon circumstances and events."
"No age can have everthing and in material ways ours is more fortunate than any preceding one. Our ancestors appear to have mastered the art of living better than we are able to when an easy conscience, largely due to the unshaken faith of the time, left a marging of spiritual energy with which to enjoy life."
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Source: The Peverel Papers: A Yearbook of the Countryside. Book by Flora Thompson. May Chapter, 1986.
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