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If happiness could be brought, few of us could pay the price.
If happiness could be brought, few of us could pay the price.
Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of read more
Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.
He who finds thought that lets us penetrate even a little deeper
into the eternal mystery of nature has read more
He who finds thought that lets us penetrate even a little deeper
into the eternal mystery of nature has been granted great grace.
He who, in addition, experiences the recognition, sympathy, and
help of the best minds of his times, had been given almost more
happiness than one man can bear.
People love others not for who they are but for how they make them feel
People love others not for who they are but for how they make them feel
What can be happier than for a man, conscious of virtuous acts,
and content with liberty, to despise all read more
What can be happier than for a man, conscious of virtuous acts,
and content with liberty, to despise all human affairs?
[Lat., Quid enim est melius quam memoria recte factorum, et
libertate contentum negligere humana?]
When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we read more
When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend until he is unhappy.
No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend until he is unhappy.
Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it.
Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it.
Happiness is often the result of being too busy to be miserable.
Happiness is often the result of being too busy to be miserable.
