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Happiness is a sunbeam which may pass through a thousand bosoms wi

Happiness is a sunbeam which may pass through a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray nay, when it strikes on a kindred heart, like the converged light on a mirror, it reflects itself with redoubled brightness. It is not perfected till it is shared. – Jane Porter

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Dr. Johnson has said that the chief glory of a country arises from its authors. But then that is only as they are oracles of wisdom unless they teach virtue, they are more worthy of a halter than of the laurel. – Jane Porter

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Imparting knowledge is only lighting other mens candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame. – Jane Porter

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Happiness is the real sense of fulfillment that comes from hard work. – Joseph Barbara

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Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony. – Thomas Merton

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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. – Thomas Jefferson

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