Quote#Happiness
The business of the world absorbs, corrupts, and degrades one mind,…
Quote byAlbert Pike · 1809–1891
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871), Ch. XXII : Grand Master Architect, p. 194.
English (original)
The business of the world absorbs, corrupts, and degrades one mind, while in another it feeds and nurses the noblest independency integrity, and generosity. Pleasure is a poison to some, and a healthful refreshment to others.
— Albert Pike
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