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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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Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freemans power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country. – Ambrose Bierce

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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. – Ambrose Bierce

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Ive done an informal, anecdotal survey about marriage, and Ive found no evidence that it brings happiness. – Mary McCormack

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There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern… No, Sir there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn. – Samuel Johnson

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All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin. – Lord Byron

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If we did not look to marriage as the principal source of happiness, fewer marriages would end in tears. – Anthony Storr

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