Quote by Joseph Butler
Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness and likewise

Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness and likewise a variety of particular affections, passions, and appetites to particular external objects. – Joseph Butler

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Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food. – Joseph Butler

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Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections. – Joseph Butler

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The private interest of the individual would not be sufficiently provided for by reasonable and cool self-love alone therefore the appetites and passions are placed within as a guard and further security, without which it would not be taken due care of. – Joseph Butler

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Happiness does not consist in self-love. – Joseph Butler

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Mystery is gone to the certainty of technological principles. So the real terror, the real aggression against life comes in the form of the pursuit of our technological happiness. – Godfrey Reggio

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The older I get, the more I see that there really arent huge zeniths of happiness or a huge abyss of darkness as much as there used to be. I tend to walk a middle ground. – Paula Cole

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I cant believe its been four years now, and from watching that pilot, we really all looked like babies. Its unbelievable just how far everything has come. Im happier now than Ive ever been on the show and in my life. I really owe so much of my happiness to Glee. – Lea Michele

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