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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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An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it. – Maurice Maeterlinck

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One thing Ive been happy as peach pie about – because Im all about the children and the happiness of a woman because that makes the happiness of the home – is that nannies, day cares and babysitters are all collapsing, which is forcing moms and dads to raise their children at home. – Laura Schlessinger

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Happiness is not a horse, you cannot harness it. – Proverb

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Happiness is a way station between too little and too much. – Channing Pollock, Mr. Moneypenny

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