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Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it.
Rachel Field
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"Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it."
— Rachel Field #happinessjoy

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Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it. — Rachel Field

About Rachel Field

Rachel Field was a Novelist from United States (1894–1942).

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This quote is attributed to Rachel Field, a Novelist from United States.
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Rachel Field lived from 1894 – 1942.
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