"Happiness is a butterfly which when..." - Nathaniel Hawthorne

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“Happiness is a butterfly which when pursued is always beyond your grasp but which if you will sit down quietly may alight upon you.”

Hawthorne metaphorically describes happiness as attracted to stillness rather than chase.

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