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Happiness is like the penny candy of our youth: we got a lot more

Happiness is like the penny candy of our youth: we got a lot more for our money back when we had no money. – Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960

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There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. – Logan Pearsall Smith, Afterthoughts, 1931

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