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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

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Many a happiness in life, as many a disaster, can be due to chance, but the peace within us can never be governed by chance. – Maurice Maeterlinck

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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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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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Happiness
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Seeking happiness, I passed many travelers headed in the opposite direction, seeking happiness. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his single capacity, and with respect only to the present world, is adapted and leads him to attain the greatest happiness he can for himself in the present world. – Joseph Butler

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Be happy. It’s one way of being wise. – Colette

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Happiness

It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch. – Thor Heyerdahl

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Banks have a new image. Now you have a friend, your friendly banker. If the banks are so friendly, how come they chain down the pens? – Alan King

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The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility. – Charles Caleb Colton

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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Guilt