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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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In a time of universal deceit – telling the truth is a revolutionary act. – George Orwell

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In our age there is no such thing as keeping out of politics. All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia. – George Orwell

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We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine-gun. – George Orwell

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Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn for ever, it must go out, and the presentiment of its end destroys it at its very peak. – August Strindberg

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Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment. – Irving Babbitt

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Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a mans stature as to his happiness. – Laurence Sterne

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It is now possible to quantify peoples levels of happiness pretty accurately by asking them, by observation, and by measuring electrical activity in the brain, in degrees from terrible pain to sublime joy. – Polly Toynbee

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Time goes by so fast, people go in and out of your life. You must never miss the opportunity to tell these people how much they mean to you. – Anon.

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There are two reasons for drinking: one is, when you are thirsty, to cure it; the other, when you are not thirsty, to prevent it…. Prevention is better than cure. – Thomas Love Peacock, Melincourt, 1817

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I believe it is time for new leadership that is able to leave the 70s behind. – Kim Campbell

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