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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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The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness or good: particular affections rest in the external things themselves. – Joseph Butler

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A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness. – Elsa Schiaparelli

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Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of human life. – Alexander Smith

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Genuine happiness can only be achieved when we transform our way of life from the unthinking pursuit of pleasure to one committed to enriching our inner lives, when we focus on being more rather than simply having more. – Daisaku Ikeda

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Choose your lifes mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool it gives me all the world, and exiles me from it. – Ursula K. Le Guin

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My denial and irresponsible attitude about asthma put me at great risk and caused me so much needless suffering. My hope is that the kids I talk to learn to open up about their asthma, become educated about their condition, and seek help. – Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be. – John Heywood

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Tranquilizers work only if you follow the advice on the bottle – keep away from children. – Phyllis Diller

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