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That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the

That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others. – James Thomson

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More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution. – James Thomson

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Courage
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James Thomson
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I know no subject more elevating, more amazing, more ready to the poetical enthusiasm, the philosophical reflection, and the moral sentiment than the works of nature. Where can we meet such variety, such beauty, such magnificence? – James Thomson

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History shows that our way of life is the stronger way. From it has come more wealth, more industry, more happiness, more human enlightenment than from any other way. – Wendell Willkie

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Happiness is the real sense of fulfillment that comes from hard work. – Joseph Barbara

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Leibniz dedicated his life to efforts to educate people to understand that true happiness is found by locating their identity in benefitting mankind and their posterity. – Robert Trout

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Happiness

There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern… No, Sir there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn. – Samuel Johnson

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Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal. – Samuel Richardson

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As women slowly gain power, their values and priorities are reshaping the agenda. A multitude of studies show that when women control the family funds, they generally spend more on health, nutrition, and education – and less on alcohol and cigarettes. – Dee Dee Myers

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Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time writing essays. – Karl Kraus, translated from German by Harry Zohn

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When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you. – Zig Ziglar

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