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Johann Gottfried Herder: Do not discharge in haste the arrow which can never return: it is easy to…

Do not discharge in haste the arrow which can never return: it is easy to destroy happiness; most difficult to restore it.

In today’s wordsDon't release the arrow in haste; you can never call it back. Happiness is easy to destroy and very hard to restore.

Johann Gottfried HerderCommonly attributed
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From the book Quoted in Character and Conduct: A Book of Helpful Thoughts by Great Writers, 1890s

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