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" Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth. "

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" The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure. "

" In every human society, there is an effort continually tending to confer on one part the height of power and happiness, and to reduce the other to the extreme of weakness and misery. The intent of good laws is to oppose this effort and to diffuse their influence universally and equally. "

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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. "

" The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances. "

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" One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken. "

" With happiness as with health: to enjoy it, one should be deprived of it occasionally. "

" 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. "

" God dislikes evil, and no happiness can be built on hate. Love one another as brothers. "

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" The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom. "

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" Bosses should sanction the nap rather than expect workers to power on all day without repose. They might even find that workers' happiness - or what management types refer to as 'employee satisfaction results' - might improve. "

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" Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity. "

" Happiness seems made to be shared. "

Pierre Corneille

" The groundwork of all happiness is health. "

" As long as you understand that you find happiness through family, friends and love, then money is just a nice bonus. "

" One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child. "

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" He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts. "

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" From their teenage years on, children are considerably more capable of causing parents unhappiness than bringing them happiness. That is one reason parents who rely on their children for happiness make both their children and themselves miserable. "

" The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself. "

" The secret of happiness is something to do. "

" Life took over 4 billion years to evolve into you, and you've about 70 more years to enjoy it. Don't just pursue happiness, catch it. "

" Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness. "

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" Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life. "

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