Quote by George Orwell
Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of l

Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness. – George Orwell

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It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface ones own personality. Good prose is like a windowpane. – George Orwell

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good
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War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it. – George Orwell

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Sometimes we don’t find the thing that will make us happy because we can’t give up the thing that was supposed to. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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

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People say that money is not the key to happiness, but I always figured if you have enough money, you can have a key made. – Joan Rivers

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I can only point out a curious fact. Year after year the Nobel Awards bring a moment of happiness not only to the recipients, not only to colleagues and friends of the recipients, but even to strangers. – Alfred Day Hershey

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To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life. – W. Somerset Maugham

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On several occasions, I discussed with Bill Clinton the subject of inquiries by the media about our relationship. He told me to continue to deny our relationship, that if we would stick together, everything would be okay. – Gennifer Flowers

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You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion. – Meister Eckhart

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The game of life is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a poor hand well. – H.T. Leslie

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