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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things t

Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose. – William Cowper

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Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head and learning wiser grow without his books. – William Cowper

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Happiness consists more in conveniences of pleasure that occur everyday than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom. – Benjamin Franklin

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It is strange what a contempt men have for the joys that are offered them freely. – Georges Duhamel

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One should be either sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers. – Eugene O’Neill

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Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin. – John Lubbock

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