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Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife he is

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife he is always proud of himself as the source of it. – Samuel Johnson

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It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality. – Samuel Johnson

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Go into the street, and give one man a lecture on morality, and another a shilling, and see which will respect you most. – Samuel Johnson

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There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. – Logan Pearsall Smith, Afterthoughts, 1931

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For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing anothers happiness. – Aeschylus

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When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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Love is when the other persons happiness is more important than your own. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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It is this, at its most basic, that makes science a humane pursuit it acknowledges the commonality of peoples experience. – John Charles Polanyi

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Old age: the crown of life, our plays last act. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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