'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.
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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go
To have been happy, madame, adds to calamity.
To have been happy, madame, adds to calamity.
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My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.
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Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances
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Happiness is the overcoming of not unknown obstacles toward a known goal.
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People love others not for who they are but for how they make them feel
Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.
Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.
