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He who never sacrificed a present to a future good or a personal t

He who never sacrificed a present to a future good or a personal to a general one can speak of happiness only as the blind do of colors. – Olympia Brown

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How natural that the errors of the ancient should be handed down and, mixing with the principles and system which Christ taught, give to us an adulterated Christianity. – Olympia Brown

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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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A great obstacle to happiness is to expect too much happiness. – Bernard de Fontenelle

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I guess happiness is not a state you want to be in all the time. – John Belushi

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Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable. – Anton Chekhov

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