Richard Henry Stoddard Quote

Not what we would, but what we must
Makes up the sum of living;
Heaven is both more and less than just
In taking and in giving.


The Country Life. - Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)


Not what we would, but what we must Makes up the sum of living; Heaven is both more and less than just In taking and in giving.

Not what we would, but what we must Makes up the sum of living; Heaven is both more and less than just In taking and in giving.

Not what we would, but what we must Makes up the sum of living; Heaven is both more and less than just In taking and in giving.

Not what we would, but what we must Makes up the sum of living; Heaven is both more and less than just In taking and in giving.