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Laurence Sterne

"Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness."

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"Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness."

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"Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours."

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"If you do not have Joy, there will be nothing for you to remember."

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"The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness."

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"The quietness of spirit is an inner peace."

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"Paint your life with the colors of kindness so that you may find the true bliss of happiness."

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"You cannot fill your life with happiness when you insist on living a stressful life."

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"You ought to live life with great passion."

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"You act in love to be kind, be gentle and be peaceful."

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"The grace of joyful living gives strength to the bones."

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"The greatest grace is the sacred life of a fulfilled dream."

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"Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together."
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