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Quote by Francis Bacon
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool. – Francis Bacon

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It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear. – Francis Bacon

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Happiness, for you we walk on a knife edge. To the eyes you are a flickering light, to the feet, thin ice that cracks and so may no one touch you who loves you. – Eugenio Montale

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To be happy, you must fancy that everything you have is a gift, and you the chosen, though you worked your tail off for every bit of it. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time. – Josh Billings

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