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Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make i

Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Follow some other object, and very possibly we may find that we have caught happiness without dreaming of it. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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When scattered clouds are resting on the bosoms of hills, it seems as if one might climb into the heavenly region, earth being so intermixed with sky, and gradually transformed into it. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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I will always stay close to all compatriots, and share together the happiness and suffering. – Norodom Sihamoni

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Its horrible when people are only interested in buying labels, because it doesnt bring them the happiness they think it will. – Miuccia Prada

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Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination. – Immanuel Kant

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There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all. – Ogden Nash

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