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If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other read more
If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.
It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.
It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.
Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.
Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.
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.
People love others not for who they are but for how they make them feel
People love others not for who they are but for how they make them feel
Happiness seems to be the result of something happening — inactivity is not very exhilarating.
Happiness seems to be the result of something happening — inactivity is not very exhilarating.
You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.
You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.
Thus happiness depends, as Nature shows,
Less on exterior things than most suppose.
Thus happiness depends, as Nature shows,
Less on exterior things than most suppose.
To have been happy, madame, adds to calamity.
To have been happy, madame, adds to calamity.
