Havelock Ellis

(1859—1939), The Dance of Life

The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.

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[place] See: [HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE], [HIGH PLACE], [IN PLACE], [INSTEAD OF] or [IN PLACE OF], [IN THE FIRST PLACE], [JUMPING-OFF PLACE], [LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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