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Cicero:We think a happy life consists in


We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
by Cicero


Anatole France:A person is never happy except at


A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
by Anatole France


James Thomson:Peace is the happy natural state


Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace.
by James Thomson


Euripides:Of mortals there is no one who is


Of mortals there is no one who is happy. If wealth flows in upon one, one may be perhaps Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.
by Euripides


Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton:I was always an


I was always an early riser. Happy the man who is! Every morning day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and freshness. The youth of nature is contagious, like the gladness of a happy child.
by Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton


Cyril Connolly:We must select the illusion which


We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy.
by Cyril Connolly


Elizabeth Clark Dunn:Change is an easy panacea.


Change is an easy panacea. It takes character to stay in one place and be happy there.
by Elizabeth Clark Dunn


Thomas Fuller:No man can be happy without a


No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.
by Thomas Fuller


Oliver Goldsmith:The hours we pass with happy


The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.
by Oliver Goldsmith


William Hazlitt:To be happy, we must be true to


To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with us.
by William Hazlitt


Fran Lebowitz:Remember that as a teenager you


Remember that as a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
by Fran Lebowitz


Bette Midler:The worst part of having success is


The worst part of having success is to try finding someone who is happy for you.
by Bette Midler


Bertrand Russell:Italy, and the spring and first


Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy.
by Bertrand Russell


Scottish Proverb:Be happy while you're living,


Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead.
by Scottish Proverb


Edmund Spenser:It is the mind that maketh good


It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
by Edmund Spenser


St. Augustine:Indeed, man wishes to be happy


Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
by St. Augustine


Richard Steele:To give pain is the tyranny; to


To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.
by Richard Steele


Publilius Syrus:The happy man is not he who


The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus to himself.
by Publilius Syrus


Johann Von Goethe:The most happy man is he who


The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life.
by Johann Von Goethe


Nathaniel Hawthorne:The world owes all its


The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.
by Nathaniel Hawthorne


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