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Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the heig

Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a mans stature as to his happiness. – Laurence Sterne

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Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions. – Laurence Sterne

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Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves. – Laurence Sterne

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I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone, in a single cottage, on the top of a mountain, a mile from any habitation? He replied, that Providence was his next-door neighbor. – Laurence Sterne

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No man chooses evil because it is evil he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks. – Mary Wollstonecraft

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Virtue is simply happiness, and happiness is a by-product of function. You are happy when you are functioning. – William Burroughs

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The greatest gift we give to someone who loves us is simply to be happy. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Michael has a connection with children, just like Mickey Mouse does, and he brings happiness to them, and joy. – Jermaine Jackson

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