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    I certainly wasn't happy. Happiness has to do with reason, and only reason earns it. What I was given was the thing you can't earn, and can't keep, and often don't even recognize at the time; I mean joy. Mary Baker Eddy -Ursula K. LeGuin.

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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.

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Happiness isn't a static thing; it's the quest for happiness that allows us to think we're happy, while we continue read more

Happiness isn't a static thing; it's the quest for happiness that allows us to think we're happy, while we continue to search for more.

by Greg Webster Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so.

Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so.

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One's happiness depends less on what he knows than on what he feels.

One's happiness depends less on what he knows than on what he feels.

by Liberty Hyde Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Happiness is not given but exchanged.

Happiness is not given but exchanged.

by Anonymous Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

by Agnes Repplier Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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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?

by Albert Einstein Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Priestly was the first (unless it was Becarria) who taught my
lips to pronounce this sacred truth--that the greatest read more

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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An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.

An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.

by Lydia M. Child Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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