The Outcasts of Time - Ian Mortimer

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Men and women have a limited capacity for happiness and suffering. If you were to make their lives more luxurious and to remove their pain, they would find other ways in which to be discontented. And if you were to make their lives miserable, they would find joy in the slightest delights.

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divine_. 5 years, 1 month ago
This is a sad truth.

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