The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the ... - Alfred, Lord Tennyson

This quote is attributed to Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

"The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence of his passions but in the mastery of them"

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Poet English 1809–1892

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