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Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter

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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To harmonize the One with the Many, this is indeed a difficult adjustment, perhaps the most difficult of all, and so important, withal, that nations have perished from their failure to achieve it. – Irving Babbitt

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Failure
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Irving Babbitt
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Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of some kind, men were constrained, in the absence of any other form of discipline, to turn to discipline of the military type. – Irving Babbitt

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Society
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For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual. – Irving Babbitt

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Peace
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Happiness
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Off with you! Youre a happy fellow, for youll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that! – Ludwig van Beethoven

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Happiness

I cant believe its been four years now, and from watching that pilot, we really all looked like babies. Its unbelievable just how far everything has come. Im happier now than Ive ever been on the show and in my life. I really owe so much of my happiness to Glee. – Lea Michele

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Happiness

The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation it is understanding. – Winifred Holtby

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Happiness

Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates. – Jean de la Bruyere

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Happiness

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We are all serving a life sentence in the dungeon of the self. – Cyril Connolly

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But groundless hope, like unconditional love, is the only kind worth having. – John Perry Barlow

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Before becoming a mom, I never knew how good I had it to just spend time at a spa for a few hours. Now, those days are far and between. So when I have an hour, its all about the mani and pedi. – Tia Mowry

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Romney is right that the Obama vision is too centered on government. But his is too centered on the promotion of business and wealth creation at the expense of everything else. – John Podhoretz

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