“Happiness is a roadside flower growing on the highways of…” Martin Farquhar Tupper

Happiness is a roadside flower growing on the highways of usefulness; plucked, it shall wither in thy hand; passed by, it is fragrance to thy spirit. Trample the thyme beneath thy feet; be useful, be happy.

In today’s wordsHappiness is a roadside flower growing along the highway of usefulness. Pluck it and it withers in your hand; pass it by and it's fragrance to your spirit. Be useful, and you'll be happy.

Martin Farquhar TupperCommonly attributed

Source: From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, compiled by Josiah H. Gilbert, 1895

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