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Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its
counterfeit.
Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its
counterfeit.
A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times.
A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times.
He who avoids complaint invites happiness.
He who avoids complaint invites happiness.
Happiness comes through doors you didn't even know you left open.
Happiness comes through doors you didn't even know you left open.
There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly read more
There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.
Oh, Mirth and Innocence! Oh, Milk and Water!
Ye happy mixture of more happy days!
Oh, Mirth and Innocence! Oh, Milk and Water!
Ye happy mixture of more happy days!
Happiness is not a matter of good fortune or worldly possessions. It's a mental attitude. It comes from appreciating what read more
Happiness is not a matter of good fortune or worldly possessions. It's a mental attitude. It comes from appreciating what we have, instead of being miserable about what we don't have. It's so simple—yet so hard for the human mind to comprehend.
Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others,
And in their pleasure takes joy, read more
Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others,
And in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.
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.
