"But the happy state of affairs will not last forever," they continued.

But for the most part I was in a happy state of thoughtlessness.

This happy state only lasted a day or two, however, before things took a turn for the worse.

A fool's paradise a happy state for which there is no good reason.

But this happy state of affairs did not last for very long.

However this happy state of affairs did not long continue.

For those in this happy state the point is practically made already.

But it was too late now to try to preserve that happy state of affairs.

But this happy state of affairs was now drawing to a close.

A small, potentially happy state becomes a circle in hell.