Aphorism 74: “Celebrate the person that you are!”
Full Quote: “And the enormous celebration of her own person, of her physical charm, so ruthlessly yet innocently set forth, was this altogether attractive in a woman of her age?” Chapter Six
Aphorism 73: “It is a mistake to confuse happiness with one particular situation!”
Full Quote: “’It is a great mistake,’ he resume, after a pause, ‘to confuse happiness with one particular situation, one particular person.’” Chapter Seven
Aphorism 72: “There is a sorrow of reminiscence!”
Full Quote: “Her mother was stimulated into reminiscences of the coffee houses of her youth, and had talked vividly and amusingly, before falling once again into the sorrow of reminiscence.” Chapter 8
Aphorism 71: “Outwit disappointment!
Full Quote: “But Edith, who had spent the years of her youth in silence and wariness, and who, in order to outwit disappointment, had learnt not to make claims.” Chapter 12
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