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Quote by Maurice Maeterlinck
We possess only the happiness we are able to understand. - Maurice

We possess only the happiness we are able to understand. – Maurice Maeterlinck

Other quotes by Maurice Maeterlinck

In the world which we know, among the different and primitive geniuses that preside over the evolution of the several species, there exists not one, excepting that of the dog, that ever gave a thought to the presence of man. – Maurice Maeterlinck

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Dogs
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All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing. – Maurice Maeterlinck

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Death
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If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live. – Maurice Maeterlinck

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Bees
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Other Quotes from
Happiness
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Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone. – Sigmund Freud

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Happiness

Before we set our hearts too much on anything, let us examine how happy are those who already possess it. – François VI de la Rochefoucault

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Happiness

Happiness is distraction from the human tragedy. – J.M. Reinoso

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Happiness

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open. – John Barrymore

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Happiness

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No, I love Montreal… I think I love Montreal more than Montreal loves me… I love the food there. – Kathy Griffin

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I slept with my mom until I was 16 years old. – Jennifer Hudson

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I think about death a lot, like I think we all do. I dont think of suicide as an option, but as fun. Its an interesting idea that you can control how you go. Its this thing thats looming, and you can control it. – Ryan Gosling

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Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible. – Marcel Proust

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Happiness