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Ralph Waldo Emerson:To fill the hour - that is


To fill the hour - that is happiness.
by Ralph Waldo Emerson


Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle:A great obstacle


A great obstacle to happiness is to anticipate too great a happiness.
by Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle


Samuel Johnson:Hope is itself a species of


Hope is itself a species of happiness, and perhaps the chief happiness which this world affords.
by Samuel Johnson


Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz:To love is to


To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another.
by Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz


Confucius:They must often change who would be


They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
by Confucius


Mason Cooley:Prudence suspects that happiness is


Prudence suspects that happiness is a bait set by risk.
by Mason Cooley


Johann Von Goethe:Alas! sorrow from happiness


Alas! sorrow from happiness is oft evolved.
by Johann Von Goethe


Anne Sophie Swetchine:How easy to be amiable in


How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success.
by Anne Sophie Swetchine


George Santayana:A string of excited, fugitive,


A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection and judgment, when the picture of one's life, or of human life, as it truly has been or is, satisfies the will, and is gladly accepted.
by George Santayana


Albert Camus:You are forgiven for your happiness


You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.
by Albert Camus


Allan K. Chambers:The grand essentials of


The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
by Allan K. Chambers


Jean De La Bruyère:Grief at the absence of a


Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.
by Jean De La Bruyère


Benjamin Franklin:Marriage is the most natural


Marriage is the most natural state of man, and...the state in which you will find solid happiness.
by Benjamin Franklin


Kin Hubbard:It is pretty hard to tell what does


It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; perty and wealth have both failed.
by Kin Hubbard


Aldous Huxley:I can sympathise with people's


I can sympathise with people's pains, but not with their pleasures. There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness.
by Aldous Huxley


François La Rochefoucauld:Our envy always lasts


Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.
by François La Rochefoucauld


Lucan:The gods conceal from men the happiness of


The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.
by Lucan


Richard F. Moore:... high salaries equals


... high salaries equals happiness equals project success.
by Richard F. Moore


James Oppenheim:The foolish man seeks happiness


The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
by James Oppenheim


Jacques Prévert:Even if happiness forgets you a


Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.
by Jacques Prévert


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