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P. J. O'Rourke

"Little islands of human happiness, peace, and prosperity are so exceptional at this point in history that I'm not even sure we can draw lessons from them."

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"Little islands of human happiness, peace, and prosperity are so exceptional at this point in history that I'm not even sure we can draw lessons from them."

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"Build your home in small moments of joy, and you will always feel at home."

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"A happy person is not without sorrow or grief. Happiness is the acceptance of pain, not the lack of it."

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"Learn to be happy with yourself first, then happiness will follow you everywhere."

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"True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future."

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"I was delighted to see you again, and forgot for the moment that all happiness is fleeting."

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"Spend more time doing things that make you forget about the time."

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"Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone."

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"These things sneak up on him for no reason, these flashes of irrational happiness. It's probably a vitamin deficiency."

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"Success is getting what you want happiness is wanting what you get."

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