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“The future is always fairyland to the young. Life is like a beautiful and winding lane, on either side bright flowers, and beautiful butterflies and tempting fruits, which we scarcely pause to admire and to taste, so eager are we to hasten to an opening which we imagine will be more beautiful still. But by degrees, as we advance, the trees grow bleak; the flowers and butterflies fail, the fruits disappear, and we find we have arrived--to reach a desert waste.”

Quote by George Augustus Henry Sala

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George Augustus Henry Sala

George Augustus Henry Sala was a British journalist born on November 24, 1828, and died on December 8, 1895. He was renowned for his extensive news reporting and travel writing, covering a wide range of subjects including politics, society, and art. more

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