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    Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder."

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The message from the hedge-leaves,
Heed it, whoso thou art;
Under lowly eaves
Lives read more

The message from the hedge-leaves,
Heed it, whoso thou art;
Under lowly eaves
Lives the happy heart.

by John Vance Cheney Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Don't put the key of your happiness in someone elses pocket.

Don't put the key of your happiness in someone elses pocket.

by Unknown Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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When one is happy there is no time to be fatigued; being happy engrosses the whole attention.

When one is happy there is no time to be fatigued; being happy engrosses the whole attention.

by E F Benson Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.

One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.

by William Feather Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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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?]

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Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.

by John Barrymore Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

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Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.

Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.

by Anonymous Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any read more

One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in that does happiness consist. Victor Hugo -Diogenes Laertius.

by Diogenes Laertius Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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