Our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and the increase in our possessions is but an inlet to new disquietudes. (Oliver Goldsmith)

Our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and the increase in our possessions is but an inlet to new disquietudes.

Oliver Goldsmith

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