Often, the outward and visible material signs and symbols of happiness and success only show themselves when the process of decline has already set i… - Thomas Mann

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Often, the outward and visible material signs and symbols of happiness and success only show themselves when the process of decline has already set in. The outer manifestations take time - like the light of that star up there, which may in reality be already quenched, when it looks to us to be shining its brightest.