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" Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. "

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" Defender of the liberty that I idolize, myself more free than anyone, in coming as a friend to offer my services to this intriguing republic, I bring to it only my frankness and my good will; no ambition, no self-interest; in working for my glory, I work for their happiness. "

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" The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion. "

" Mind you, I've always been musical... Mother used to sit me on her knee and I'd whisper, 'Mummy, Mummy, sing me a lullaby do,' and she'd say: 'Certainly my angel, my wee bundle of happiness, hold my beer while I fetch me banjo.' "

" 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. "

Cesare Beccaria

" I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself. "

" I am living my dream because I get to work with my kids and watch them find their happiness. It's so rewarding - we brainstorm around a conference table and have a really great time doing it. "

" I can only point out a curious fact. Year after year the Nobel Awards bring a moment of happiness not only to the recipients, not only to colleagues and friends of the recipients, but even to strangers. "

Alfred Day Hershey

" Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion. "

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

" To be stupid and selfish and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness. Though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless. "

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" Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery. "

" Joys divided are increased. "

Josiah Gilbert Holland

" There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. "

" 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. "

" During my last voyage to America, I enjoyed the happiness of seeing that revolution completed, and, thinking of the one that would probably occur in France, I said in a speech to Congress, published everywhere except in the 'French Gazette,' 'May this revolution serve as a lesson to oppressors and as an example to the oppressed!' "

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" The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. "

" Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Follow some other object, and very possibly we may find that we have caught happiness without dreaming of it. "

Nathaniel Hawthorne

" People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost. "

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" Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. "

" Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it. "

" Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get. "

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" It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It's also a very clear path to happiness. "

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" The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment. "

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

" Happiness is having a scratch for every itch. "

" If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized. "

" Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more. "

" The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile. "

Bertrand Russell

" When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts nothing. "

" To apply Kim Jong Il's patriotism means to thoroughly materialize the General's intentions and desires for the prosperity of the country and the happiness of all generations to come and to carry on all work for achieving the prosperity of the country in the way he did. "

" People say America is exceptional. I agree, but it's not the complexion of our skin or the twists in our DNA that make us unique. America is exceptional because we were founded upon the notion that everyone should be free to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. "