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There's only one way of being comfortable, and that is to stop running round after… — Edith Wharton

Short story

There's only one way of being comfortable, and that is to stop running round after happiness. If you make up your mind not to be happy there's no reason why you shouldn't have a fairly good time.

Edith Wharton
1908
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Happiness
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Short story
Time
1908
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Edith Wharton
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Wharton, Edith. "The Last Asset." The Hermit and the Wild Woman and Other Stories. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908.

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