“The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
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We are long before we are convinced
“We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
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Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when
“Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.”
— Henry Ford
Author: Henry Ford
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What I mean by that is that
“What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale mountains or sail oceans, but to achieve happiness, and preferably an unselfish happiness.”
— Bernard Cornwell
Author: Bernard Cornwell
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The sexes were made for each other,
“The sexes were made for each other, and only in the wise and loving union of the two is the fullness of health and duty and happiness to be expected.”
— William Hall
Author: William Hall
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Oh, if I had been loved at
“Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I would be today. Happiness is like smallpox: if you catch it too soon, it can completely ruin your constitution.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
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Happiness is an inside job.
“Happiness is an inside job.”
— William Arthur Ward
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I understand by this passion the union
“I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being.”
— Edward Gibbon
Author: Edward Gibbon
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Happiness is a very small desk and
“Happiness is a very small desk and a very big wastebasket.”
— Robert Orben
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Your successes and happiness are forgiven you
“Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.”
— Albert Camus
Author: Albert Camus
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By mere burial man arrives not at
“By mere burial man arrives not at bliss; and in the future life, throughout its whole infinite range, they will seek for happiness as vainly as they sought it here, who seek it in aught else than that which so closely surrounds them here – the Infinite.”
— Johann Gottlieb Fichte
Author: Johann Gottlieb Fichte
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