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    Priestly was the first (unless it was Becarria) who taught my
    lips to pronounce this sacred truth--that the greatest happiness
    of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and
    legislation.

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Many search for happiness as we look for a hat we wear on our heads.

Many search for happiness as we look for a hat we wear on our heads.

by Nikolaus Lenus Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Learn to value yourself, which means: to fight for your happiness.

Learn to value yourself, which means: to fight for your happiness.

by Ayn Rand Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.

You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.

by Michael Pritchard Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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'Twas a jolly old pedagogue, long ago,
Tall and slender, and sallow and dry;
His form was read more

'Twas a jolly old pedagogue, long ago,
Tall and slender, and sallow and dry;
His form was bent, and his gait was slow,
His long thin hair was white as snow,
But a wonderful twinkle shone in his eye.
And he sang every night as he went to bed,
"Let us be happy down here below:
The living should live, though the dead be dead."
Said the jolly old pedagogue long ago.

by George Arnold Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness.

There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness.

by Aldous Huxley Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

by William Cowper Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Many persons have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity read more

Many persons have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

by Helen Keller Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down read more

Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

by Nathaniel Hawthorne Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any read more

One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in that does happiness consist. Victor Hugo -Diogenes Laertius.

by Diogenes Laertius Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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