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Happiness comes most to persons who seek it least and think least about it. It is not an object to be sought, it is a state to be induced. It must follow and not lead. It must overtake you, and not you overtake it.

John Burroughs

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John Burroughs

American naturalist and essayist

April 3rd, 1837 - March 29th, 1921

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