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Irving Babbitt

"Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful."

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"Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful."

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"I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual."

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"Happy people can look back and say they chose their life, not settled for it."

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"Always ask yourself what will make you happy over the long term."

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"Children are happy because they have the power of finding happiness in the simplest things."

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"If we are to have such a discipline we must have standards, and to get our standards under existing conditions we must have criticism."
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"If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying."
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