Is it so small a thingTo have enjoy'd the sun,To have liv'd light in the spring,To have lov'd, to have thought, to have done;To have advanc'd true friends, and beat down baffling foes;That we must feign a blissOf doubtful future date,And while we dream on thisLose our present state,And relegate to worlds yet distant our repose?Empedocles on Etna: Act I, Scene II
-Matthew Arnold
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