Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
 Ernest Hemingway, The Garden of Eden (1986). copy citation

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Author Ernest Hemingway
Source The Garden of Eden
Topic happiness intelligence
Date 1986
Language English
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Weblink http://web.mit.edu/jscheib/Public/garden1.pdf

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“"I always hope not but they are. "I know plenty of women who aren't bitches," David said. "Yes. You would," the girl said.
"Was Nina happy?" Catherine asked.
"I hope she will be happy," the girl said. "Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know."
"You haven't had such a long time to find out about it. "If you make mistakes you find out faster," the girl said. 'You've been happy all morning," Catherine said. "We had a wonderful time."
"You don't need to tell me," the girl said.” source

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