Quote by Arnold Bennett
Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full hon

Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels that in some paramount affairs he failed to take up the challenge of life. – Arnold Bennett

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We need a sense of the value of time — that is, of the best way to divide ones time into ones various activities. – Arnold Bennett

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It is within the experience of everyone that when pleasure and pain reach a certain intensity they are indistinguishable. – Arnold Bennett

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Its language is a language which the soul alone understands, but which the soul can never translate. – Arnold Bennett

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Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others. – Henry Fielding

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As long as I am given the opportunity to keep performing and keep exploring in whatever medium, Ill be happy. As long as I get to spend time with my family, Ill be happy. As long as I can write in some form, Ill be happy. It is the essential things like that I equate with happiness. – Dan Stevens

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Im interested in the dark side of man. Im interested in taboos, and murder is the greatest taboo. Characters are fascinating in their extremity, not in their happiness. – Elizabeth George

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Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. – Jane Austen

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