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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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Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers. – Victor Hugo

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Victor Hugo
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I start to think there really is no cure for depression, that happiness is an ongoing battle, and I wonder if it isnt one Ill have to fight for as long as I live. I wonder if its worth it. – Elizabeth Wurtzel

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Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we approve. – Robert S. Lynd

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The truth is that relative income is not directly related to happiness. Nonpartisan social-survey data clearly show that the big driver of happiness is earned success: a persons belief that he has created value in his life or the life of others. – Arthur C. Brooks

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I admit I cant shake the idea that there is virtue in suffering, that there is a sort of psychic economy, whereby if you embrace success, happiness and comfort, these things have to be paid for. – Hugh Laurie

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