Quote#Happiness
It is not extravagance, it is not excitement, it is not excess, or…
Quote byAlice Meynell · 1847–1922
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Children of the Old Masters (Italian School) (1903), "Raphael and After", p. 71.
English (original)
It is not extravagance, it is not excitement, it is not excess, or dizziness, or delirium, that chastises habitual pleasure in art, but only dullness.[…] One of the Latin races, having the dullness and keeping wit enough to name it, has the word for it—banalité.
— Alice Meynell
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