“It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish.”
— Robert Herrick
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“A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness.”
— Elsa Schiaparelli
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“There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.”
— Samuel Johnson
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“Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.”
— Sigmund Freud
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“Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.”
— Joseph Addison
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“See to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.”
— James Freeman Clarke
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“Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.”
— George Orwell
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“The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness.”
— Milan Kundera
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“I always seem to have a vague feeling that he is a Satan among musicians, a fallen angel in the darkness who is perpetually seeking to fight his way back to happiness.”
— Havelock Ellis
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“Happiness is a mystery, like religion, and should never be rationalised.”
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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“I have discovered the secret of happiness – it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy.”
— John Burroughs
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