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    Priestly was the first (unless it was Becarria) who taught my
    lips to pronounce this sacred truth--that the greatest happiness
    of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and
    legislation.

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It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't necessarily prove that you loved read more

It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't necessarily prove that you loved him

by Marguerite Duras Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

by George Washington Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness.

There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness.

by Aldous Huxley Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of Heaven; and it is well it is so, since read more

The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of Heaven; and it is well it is so, since it is that which is the lot of the mass of mankind.

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life

Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life

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The greatest happiness of the greatest number.
[Lat., La massima felicita divisa nel maggior numero.]

The greatest happiness of the greatest number.
[Lat., La massima felicita divisa nel maggior numero.]

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The celebrated Galen said that employment was nature's physician. It is indeed so important to happiness that indolence is justly read more

The celebrated Galen said that employment was nature's physician. It is indeed so important to happiness that indolence is justly considered the parent of misery.

by C. C. Colton Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be read more

Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don't put off being happy until some future date.

by Dale Carnegie Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Happiness is in the heart, not in the circumstances.

Happiness is in the heart, not in the circumstances.

by Anonymous Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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