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Being happy doesn't always make us grateful, but being grateful will always make us happy.
Being happy doesn't always make us grateful, but being grateful will always make us happy.
What can be happier than for a man, conscious of virtuous acts,
and content with liberty, to despise all read more
What can be happier than for a man, conscious of virtuous acts,
and content with liberty, to despise all human affairs?
[Lat., Quid enim est melius quam memoria recte factorum, et
libertate contentum negligere humana?]
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.
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.
The really happy man never laughs - seldom - though he may smile. He does not need to laugh, for read more
The really happy man never laughs - seldom - though he may smile. He does not need to laugh, for laughter, like weeping, is a relief of mental tension - and the happy are not over strung.
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.
Heroism is accessible. Happiness is more difficult.
Heroism is accessible. Happiness is more difficult.
Happiness is the art of never holding in your mind the memory of any unpleasant thing that has passed.
Happiness is the art of never holding in your mind the memory of any unpleasant thing that has passed.
