A gold coin rests in one pan of tilted brass scales beside an open book on muted olive ground.

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Christopher Morley

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The three rhyming words give a good life intellectual, practical and emotional dimensions. Learning expands understanding, earning sustains daily needs, and yearning keeps desire alive. None is offered as sufficient on its own; their combination suggests a life needs both support and something still to reach for.

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