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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Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping. – Ambrose Bierce

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Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by. – Carl Sandburg

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Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all. – Ovid

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It is not true that suffering ennobles the character happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive. – W. Somerset Maugham

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We all of us deserve happiness or none of us does. – Mary Gordon

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