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In short, the world abounds with simple delusions which we may call "happiness", if we be but able to entertain them.

H. P. Lovecraft
Simple, World, May
Letter to "The Keicomolo" - Kleiner, Cole, and Moe (October 1916), in "Selected Letters I, 1911-1924" edited by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei, (pp. 26-27), 1964.
In short, the world abounds with simple delusions which we may call happiness, if we be but able to entertain them.