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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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Before the boat docked, however, he confessed because he was contemplating running for president, he couldnt separate from his wife. I believed him when he told me he faced a difficult choice between pursuing personal happiness and his political destiny. – Donna Rice

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So many people have said that to me, that what they really like about Alex is what she brings out in Marissa, and what this situation brings out in her, a hint of happiness and another side to her character. – Olivia Wilde

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To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary point of present wisdom: an important imagination, and the way to happiness. – Thomas Traherne

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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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