“Many a happiness in life, as many a disaster, can be due to chance, but the peace within us can never be governed by chance.”
— Maurice Maeterlinck
Author: Maurice Maeterlinck
Category: happiness
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At every crossroads on the path that
“At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past.”
— Maurice Maeterlinck
Author: Maurice Maeterlinck
Category: men
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Remember that happiness is as contagious as
“Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness.”
— Maurice Maeterlinck
Author: Maurice Maeterlinck
Category: happiness
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When we lose one we love, our
“When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.”
— Maurice Maeterlinck
Author: Maurice Maeterlinck
Category: love
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All our knowledge merely helps us to
“All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing.”
— Maurice Maeterlinck
Author: Maurice Maeterlinck
Category: death
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At every crossroads on the path that
“At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past.”
— Maurice Maeterlinck
Author: Maurice Maeterlinck
Category: future
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We possess only the happiness we are
“We possess only the happiness we are able to understand.”
— Maurice Maeterlinck
Author: Maurice Maeterlinck
Category: happiness
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An act of goodness is of itself
“An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it.”
— Maurice Maeterlinck
Author: Maurice Maeterlinck
Category: happiness
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Happiness is rarely absent; it is we
“Happiness is rarely absent; it is we that know not of its presence.”
— Maurice Maeterlinck
Author: Maurice Maeterlinck
Category: happiness
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It is not from reason that justice
“It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom.”
— Maurice Maeterlinck
Author: Maurice Maeterlinck
Category: wisdom
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All our knowledge merely helps us to
“All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing.”
— Maurice Maeterlinck
Author: Maurice Maeterlinck
Category: knowledge
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