“The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his single capacity, and with respect only to the present world, is adapted and leads him to attain the greatest happiness he can for himself in the present world.”
— Joseph Butler
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“My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory; for if it be a sin to covet glory I am the most offending soul alive.”
— Horatio Nelson
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“Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.”
— James Allen
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“What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?”
— Adam Smith
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“Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.”
— Benjamin Franklin
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“One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.”
— William Feather
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“Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.”
— George Bernard Shaw
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“The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.”
— Jacques Yves Cousteau
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“I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness.”
— Maurice Sendak
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“I try to stress to my children that buying something never leads to true happiness.”
— Harlan Coben
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“The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his own effort and the intoxication of the power and physical balance he derives from it, the day when he lets considerations of vanity or interest take over, on this day his ideal will die.”
— Pierre de Coubertin
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