The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

There is both visible and invisible labor.
- Topic: Action, Thinking
- Location: Grand Cayman
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl of be found in the dark folds of life.
You who suffer because you love, love still more. To die of love, is to live by it.
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.
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