1 Quote Tagged: little-joys

A gross content prolongs his fallen state;
His small successes are failures of the soul,
His little pleasures punctuate frequent griefs:
Hardship and toil are the heavy price he pays
For the right to live and his last wages death.

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Aurobindo Ghosh, Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist (1872–1950)
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