Thomas HardyHappiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain.
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The quote, Happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain, is a quotation from John Keats. It is the last of the lines in his poem, "Ode to a Nightingale." In it, Keats is summing up his feelings about life and death. He says that happiness is an "occasional episode" in a "general drama of pain." He went on to say that he didn't want his "own heart broken" by giving in to such an approach to life.
Source: The Mayor Of Casterbridge
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