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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave When I have been unhappy I have heard an opera ... and it seemed the shrieking of winds when I am happy a sparrow's chirp is delicious to me. But it is not the chirp that makes me happy but I that make it sweet. - Quote by John Ruskin

When I have been unhappy I have heard an opera … and it seemed the shrieking of winds when I am happy a sparrow’s chirp is delicious to me. But it is not the chirp that makes me happy but I that make it sweet.

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