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" We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. "

George Bernard Shaw

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" I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness. "

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" Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. "

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" Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable. "

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" There is no such thing as the pursuit of happiness, but there is the discovery of joy. "

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