Here was the secret of happiness, about which philosophers had disputed for so many ages, at once discovered; happiness might now be bought for a penny, and carried in the waistcoat-pocket; portable ecstasies might be had corked up in a pint-bottle; and peace of mind could be sent down by the mail.


Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. By T. De Quincey (ed. 1826)

Thomas De Quincey Quotes

Here was the secret of happiness, about which philosophers had disputed for so many ages, at once discovered; happiness might now be bought for a...

Here was the secret of happiness, about which philosophers had disputed for so many ages, at once discovered; happiness might now be bought for a...

Here was the secret of happiness, about which philosophers had disputed for so many ages, at once discovered; happiness might now be bought for a...

Here was the secret of happiness, about which philosophers had disputed for so many ages, at once discovered; happiness might now be bought for a...