"Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss!"

Happiness, Beauty, Nature, Romance

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"Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss!"

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"The righteous shall rejoice."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Happiness, Faith, Joy, Celebration

"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

Happiness, Praise, Joy, Blessings, Life

"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

"The greatest self is a peaceful smile, that always sees the world smiling back."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Happiness, Peace, Smile, Self, Truth

"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

Happiness, Mistake, Suffering, Understanding

"[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

Happiness, Joy, Love, Emotion

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"The jests of the rich are ever successful."

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"A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond."

Home

"Could a man live by it, it were not unpleasant employment to be a poet."

Man

"If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales."

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"As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease."

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"A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future."

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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."

"The greatest self is a peaceful smile, that always sees the world smiling back."

"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."

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"The jests of the rich are ever successful."

"A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond."

"Could a man live by it, it were not unpleasant employment to be a poet."

"If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales."

"As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease."

"Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall."

"Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law."

"Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other."

"People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy."

"A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future."