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Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.
Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.
Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you desire glory, you may envy read more
Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you desire glory, you may envy Napoleon, but Napoleon envied Caesar, Caesar envied Alexander, and Alexander, I daresay, envied Hercules, who never existed.
Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something read more
Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something that the world will notice.
I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art.
I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art.
Given the amount of unjust suffering and unhappiness in the world, I am deeply grateful for, sometimes even perplexed by, read more
Given the amount of unjust suffering and unhappiness in the world, I am deeply grateful for, sometimes even perplexed by, how much misery I have been spared.
All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love
All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love
I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any-after all, most people are read more
I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any-after all, most people are unhappy, don't you think?
I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful much adulated, very famous and very unhappy
I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful much adulated, very famous and very unhappy
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.
