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A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times.
A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times.
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Happiness seems made to be shared.
[Fr., Le bonheur semble fait pour etre partage.]
Happiness seems made to be shared.
[Fr., Le bonheur semble fait pour etre partage.]
Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.
Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.
Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.
The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear.
The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear.
A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?
A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?
You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
'Twas a jolly old pedagogue, long ago,
Tall and slender, and sallow and dry;
His form was read more
'Twas a jolly old pedagogue, long ago,
Tall and slender, and sallow and dry;
His form was bent, and his gait was slow,
His long thin hair was white as snow,
But a wonderful twinkle shone in his eye.
And he sang every night as he went to bed,
"Let us be happy down here below:
The living should live, though the dead be dead."
Said the jolly old pedagogue long ago.
