Quote by Thomas Szasz
Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the li

Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults. – Thomas Szasz

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Narcissist: psychoanalytic term for the person who loves himself more than his analyst considered to be the manifestation of a dire mental disease whose successful treatment depends on the patient learning to love the analyst more and himself less. – Thomas Szasz

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Learning
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In the United States today, there is a pervasive tendency to treat children as adults, and adults as children. The options of children are thus steadily expanded, while those of adults are progressively constricted. The result is unruly children and childish adults. – Thomas Szasz

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Children
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A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin what else does a man need to be happy? – Albert Einstein

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Law is stable the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a people depends on the degree of promptitude with which the gulf is narrowed. – Henry James Sumner Maine

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There is no happiness for people at the expense of other people. – Anwar Sadat

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

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Your fortune is misfortune if it is not Love. – Silent Lotus

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If you want to be happy for a year, plant a garden; If you want to be happy for life, plant a tree. – English Proverb

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Anything done for the first time unleashes a demon. – Dave Sim

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