Happiness is the shadow of man: remembrance of it follows him; hope of it precedes him.


A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1886)


Happiness is the shadow of man: remembrance of it follows him; hope of it precedes him.

Happiness is the shadow of man: remembrance of it follows him; hope of it precedes him.

Happiness is the shadow of man: remembrance of it follows him; hope of it precedes him.

Happiness is the shadow of man: remembrance of it follows him; hope of it precedes him.