Quote by Victor Hugo
Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men. -

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men. – Victor Hugo

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There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come. – Victor Hugo

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Maturity – among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates. – Dag Hammarskjold

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The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation it is understanding. – Winifred Holtby

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Happiness is a hard master, particularly other peoples happiness. – Aldous Huxley

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To describe happiness is to diminish it. – Stendhal

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Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice it whitens only the hair. – Ira Gershwin

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That action is best which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers. – Francis Hutcheson

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