Quote#World
We never understand how little we need in this world until we know…
Quote byJ. M. Barrie · 1860–1937
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Margaret Ogilvy (1897), Ch. 8.
English (original)
We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.
— J. M. Barrie
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