"I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness."

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"I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness."

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"The righteous shall rejoice."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved."

Victor Hugo, French Author

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"Song of praise: Be joyful and count your blessings. There are so many things to be thankful for; the gift of being alive, blessings of a new day to hope and dream, the gift of families, the gift of children, the gift of friends, gift of people who make you laugh and smiles, the gift of strangers who show you kindness,the gift of nature, gift of educators, gift of preachers and many more."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Fun is closely related to Joy -- a sort of emotional froth arising from the play of instinct."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Happiness, Fun, Joy, Instinct, Emotion

"Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Happiness, Equality, Enjoyment, Pleasure

"Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I would be today. Happiness is like smallpox: if you catch it too soon, it can completely ruin your constitution."

Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

Happiness, Age, Constitution, Ruin

"Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action."

William James, American Philosopher

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"Seeking happiness is not the problem. The problem is that we often do not know where and how to find genuine happiness and so make the mistakes that cause suffering for ourselves & others."

Sharon Salzberg, American Author

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"[Death] is a safety-device because, once Man has fallen, natural immortality would be the one utterly hopeless destiny for him."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

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"Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves."

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"I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little dangerous."

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"For a man to strike any women is most brutal, and I, as well as everyone else, think this far worse than any attempt to shoot, which, wicked as it is, is at least more comprehensible and more courageous."

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"I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting."

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"The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone in checking this mad, wicked folly of 'Women's Rights'. It is a subject which makes the Queen so furious that she cannot contain herself."

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"When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl - and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to - which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage."

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"The righteous shall rejoice."

"Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved."

"Fun is closely related to Joy -- a sort of emotional froth arising from the play of instinct."

"Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure."

"Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I would be today. Happiness is like smallpox: if you catch it too soon, it can completely ruin your constitution."

"Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action."

"Seeking happiness is not the problem. The problem is that we often do not know where and how to find genuine happiness and so make the mistakes that cause suffering for ourselves & others."

"[Death] is a safety-device because, once Man has fallen, natural immortality would be the one utterly hopeless destiny for him."

"The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile."

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"Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves."

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"I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little dangerous."

"For a man to strike any women is most brutal, and I, as well as everyone else, think this far worse than any attempt to shoot, which, wicked as it is, is at least more comprehensible and more courageous."

"Being married gives one one's position like nothing else can."

"I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting."

"The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone in checking this mad, wicked folly of 'Women's Rights'. It is a subject which makes the Queen so furious that she cannot contain herself."

"When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl - and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to - which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage."