“A happy family is but an earlier heaven”
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“A happy family is but an earlier heaven”
“All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
“Happiness depends upon ourselves”
“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.”
“Happy is the one who knows the causes of things”
“Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion”
“My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher”
“A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth”
“In an ugly and unhappy world the richest man can purchase nothing but ugliness and unhappiness”
“Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others”
“Some cause happiness wherever they go, others whenever they go”
“Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided. ”
“Pleasure is the only thing to live for. Nothing ages like happiness”
“Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else. ”
“Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy”
“Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected”
“If you want happiness for an hour -- take a nap. If you want happiness for a day -- go fishing. If you want happiness for a year -- inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime -- help someone else. ”
“Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen”
“Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.”
“Sit by me, my beloved, and listen to my heart; smile, for your happiness is a symbol of our future”