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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the m

Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another. – Ambrose Bierce

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Custard: A detestable substance produced by a malevolent conspiracy of the hen, the cow, and the cook. – Ambrose Bierce

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Opiate. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard. – Ambrose Bierce

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Its up to you to be responsible for how you feel if youre not happy. Your happiness lies in your hands. You cant rely on a man to make you happy or complete you. That starts with you. – Taraji P. Henson

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It is neither wealth nor splendor but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness. – Thomas Jefferson

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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love. – Baruch Spinoza

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What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale mountains or sail oceans, but to achieve happiness, and preferably an unselfish happiness. – Bernard Cornwell

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