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The Conquest of Happiness Quotes

The habit of looking to the future and thinking that the whole meaning of the present lies in what it will bring forth is a pernicious one. There can be no value in the whole unless there is value in the parts. - Bertrand Russell (The Conquest of Happiness Quotes)

The habit of looking to the future and thinking that the whole meaning of the present lies in what it will bring forth is a pernicious one. There can be no value in the whole unless there is value in the parts.

Source:Part I. Causes of Unhappiness, Chapter 2. Byronic Unhappiness
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Bertrand Russell (The Conquest of Happiness Quotes)
  • Book: The Conquest of Happiness
  • Writer: Bertrand Russell
  • Genre: Philosophy
  • Published: 1930
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