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Irony Of Earthly Power

People live life wanting everything they can't afford. Millions of Americans idealize famous movie actors and musicians, and wish to aspire to that degree of wealth. Many people are envious of such billionaires as Bill Gates, and tell themselves they could have done that. Everyone wants to be rich. They feel that if they had all the money they wanted, they could truly be happy.
The truth is that money and riches really don't bring anyone an unsurpassable or measureless amount of happiness. For example, winners of the Powerball lottery game may seem to have found happiness, but on a recent Oprah show they told of their extreme depression, and even the debt that money cost them. In fact, being rich or powerful brings just the opposite of happiness. It brings depression, and a legacy of nothingness.
One example of this is seen in Percy Bysshe Shelley's Ozymandias. A traveler was talking with the speaker of the poem, and describing his recent journey to "[…] an antique land". (1)1......


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