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And now, if you can tear yourself away from the salted almonds, we'll go and have coffee under the palms that are so necessary for our discomfort." AND NOW IF YOU CAN TEAR YOURSELF AWAY FROM THE SALTED ALMONDS WE'LL GO AND HAVE COFFEE UNDER THE PALMS THAT ARE SO NECESSARY FOR OUR DISCOMFORT
pose the art of being happy is to disguise them as illusions. But that, my dear Reginald, becomes more difficult as one grows older." "I think it's more generally practised than you imagine. The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened. It's only the middle-aged who are really conscious of their limitations--that is why one should be so patient with them. But one never is." "After all," said the Duchess, "the disillusions of life may depend on our way of assessing it. In the minds of those who come after us we may be remembered for qualities and successes which we quite left out of the reckoning." "It's not always safe to depend on the commemorative tendencies of those who come after us. There may have been disillusionments in the lives of the mediaeval saints, but they would scarcely have been better pleased if they could have foreseen that their names would be associated nowadays chiefly with racehorses and the cheaper clarets. ED THE DUCHESS AND I SUPPOSE THE ART OF BEING HAPPY IS TO DISGUISE THEM AS ILLUSIONS BUT THAT MY DEAR REGINALD BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT AS ONE GROWS OLDER I THINK IT'S MORE GENERALLY PRACTISED THAN YOU IMAGINE THE YOUNG HAVE ASPIRATIONS THAT NEVER COME TO PASS THE OLD HAVE REMINISCENCES OF WHAT NEVER HAPPENED IT'S ONLY THE MIDDLE AGED WHO ARE REALLY CONSCIOUS OF THEIR LIMITATIONS THAT IS WHY ONE SHOULD BE SO PATIENT WITH THEM BUT ONE NEVER IS AFTER ALL SAID THE DUCHESS THE DISILLUSIONS OF LIFE MAY DEPEND ON OUR WAY OF ASSESSING IT IN THE MINDS OF THOSE WHO COME AFTER US WE MAY BE REMEMBERED FOR QUALITIES AND SUCCESSES WHICH WE QUITE LEFT OUT OF THE RECKONING IT'S NOT ALWAYS SAFE TO DEPEND ON THE COMMEMORATIVE TENDENCIES OF THOSE WHO COME AFTER US THERE MAY HAVE BEEN DISILLUSIONMENTS IN THE LIVES OF THE MEDIAEVAL SAINTS BUT THEY WOULD SCARCELY HAVE BEEN BETTER PLEASED IF THEY COULD HAVE FORESEEN THAT THEIR NAMES WOULD BE ASSOCIATED NOWADAYS CHIEFLY WITH RACE HORSES AND THE CHEAPER CLARETS
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