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Quote by Pierre Corneille
We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate success

We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness. – Pierre Corneille

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Some of us learned in a school of philosophy which taught that all was for the common good and nothing for oneself and have never, in any case, regarded the pursuit of happiness as anything other than an aberration of the human spirit. – John Grierson

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Happiness

Happiness is no laughing matter. – Richard Whately

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Happiness

If you want to be happy for a year, plant a garden; If you want to be happy for life, plant a tree. – English Proverb

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Happiness

Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing. – Napoleon Hill

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Happiness

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