Quote by Jane Porter
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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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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All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin. – Lord Byron

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Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it. – Fyodor Dostoevsky

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