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" The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation. "
Jeremy Bentham
Foundation
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" Of course, the most important factor of all for long life is a good family. When a person goes home with the wife or the kids giving him endless headaches, then it's hard for that person to enjoy a long life. I am very fortunate, because my wife Elizabeth and my obedient children are very good; they have given me happiness. "
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" Happiness is a light, an atmosphere, an illumination. It sets a personality. I always feel that it is a creation that is difficult for some and easy for others, but essentially an achievement, never an accident. "
Elizabeth Bibesco
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" Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart. "
Jeremy Bentham
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Never
" To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely it is a good haven to sail for. "
Henry Van Dyke
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" To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman's smile - that is happiness. "
Hermann Hesse
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" I've never gone into business to make money. Every Virgin product and service has been made into a reality to make a positive difference in people's lives. And by focusing on the happiness of our customers, we have been able to build a successful group of companies. "
Richard Branson
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" Happiness is having a scratch for every itch. "
Ogden Nash
Every
Having
Itch
" God dislikes evil, and no happiness can be built on hate. Love one another as brothers. "
Josephine Baker
God
Love
Hate
" The secret of happiness is variety, but the secret of variety, like the secret of all spices, is knowing when to use it. "
Daniel Gilbert
Variety
Use
Knowing
" Happiness is a by-product. You cannot pursue it by itself. "
Sam Levenson
Cannot
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" Surveillance cameras might reduce crime - even though the evidence here is mixed - but no studies show that they result in greater happiness of everyone involved. "
Evgeny Morozov
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Result
Happiness
" Happiness is overrated. There has to be conflict in life. "
Brad Pitt
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Happiness
" Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself. "
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Man
Happiness
Great
" Happiness is an inside job. "
William Arthur Ward
Inside
Happiness
Job
" 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. "
John Burroughs
Happy
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" Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude. "
Joseph Wood Krutch
Itself
Gratitude
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" Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action. "
William James
Action
May
Happiness
" As a man, if you're married, your happiness is with her happiness. If she's unhappy, everything's messed up. It's a woman's world for sure. "
BJ the Chicago Kid
Man
Woman
She
" I would hope my legacy would be bringing smiles to faces. Happiness with my music. "
Janet Jackson
Music
Happiness
Hope
" Happiness is the reward we get for living to the highest right we know. "
Richard Bach
Reward
Happiness
Right
" True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new. "
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Done
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Joy
" The mantra that you're given in Transcendental Meditation you keep to yourself. The reason being, true happiness is not out there, true happiness lies within. "
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" Happiness is the longing for repetition. "
Milan Kundera
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Longing
" There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something. "
Henry Ford
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" If you are happy, you can give happiness. If you don't love yourself and if you are unhappy with yourself, you can't give anything else but that. "
Gisele Bundchen
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Happiness
" When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away. "
Anna Pavlova
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" Fashion is all about happiness. It's fun. It's important. But it's not medicine. "
Donatella Versace
Fashion
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" No one goes straight to happiness after a breakup. "
Estelle
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" Oh, I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness. You went to the movies then, you saw two movies and a short. When Mickey Mouse came on the screen and there was his big head, my sister said she had to hold onto me. I went berserk. "
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