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This points to the idea that happiness is not only about effort or achievement, but about the final phase of a process, where something fuller comes into view. It can be read as a claim that maturity, reflection, or the end result matters most, and it lands when someone is thinking about what really gives a life its shape.
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Originally said in English.
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About Charles Van Doren
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