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Quote by St Augustine
Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make ha

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. – St. Augustine

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True happiness… is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. – Helen Keller

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Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys. – Christian Nestell Bovee

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There is a set of religious, or rather moral, writings which teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery in this world. A very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but one objection, namely, that it is not true. – Francois Fenelon

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Always leave something to wish for otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness. – Baltasar Gracian

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