Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing. (William Butler Yeats)

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.

William Butler Yeats

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