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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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In my life Ive learned that true happiness comes from giving. Helping others along the way makes you evaluate who you are. I think that love is what were all searching for. I havent come across anyone who didnt become a better person through love. – Marla Gibbs

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There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool. – Francis Bacon

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I can only point out a curious fact. Year after year the Nobel Awards bring a moment of happiness not only to the recipients, not only to colleagues and friends of the recipients, but even to strangers. – Alfred Day Hershey

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