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Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly.
Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly.
You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.
You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.
To have been happy, madame, adds to calamity.
To have been happy, madame, adds to calamity.
Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his read more
Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground.
Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.
Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.
A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times.
A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times.
What can be happier than for a man, conscious of virtuous acts,
and content with liberty, to despise all read more
What can be happier than for a man, conscious of virtuous acts,
and content with liberty, to despise all human affairs?
[Lat., Quid enim est melius quam memoria recte factorum, et
libertate contentum negligere humana?]
Some pursue happiness - others create it.
Some pursue happiness - others create it.
Happiness is the art of never holding in your mind the memory of any unpleasant thing that has passed.
Happiness is the art of never holding in your mind the memory of any unpleasant thing that has passed.
