Quotation by

Mary Wortley

There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless hopes, and that lively vanity which makes all the happiness of life.

Mary Wortley

Happiness

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Mary Wortley is saying that the happiness we experience in youth comes from not knowing everything, having hopeful but unrealistic expectations, and feeling confident in ourselves without reason. This combination of innocence, optimism, and pride is so precious that nothing else can replace it.

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