Quant au bonheur: Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible.

Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible. — Quant au bonheur

Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible.

Quant au bonheur

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