Quote by Joseph Addison
True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and no

True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of ones self, and in the next from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. – Joseph Addison

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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority. – Joseph Addison

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We are always doing, says he, something for posterity, but I would see posterity do something for us. – Joseph Addison

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By asking the question Am I happy?, and via the answer setting out what I mean by happiness, there is a political route that can be taken, by asking another question – Can politics deliver happiness, and should it try? – Alastair Campbell

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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. – Thomas Jefferson

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Dont walk in front of me, I may not follow. Dont walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. – George Sand

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I hump the wild to take it all in, there is no bag limit on happiness. – Ted Nugent

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A screaming song is good to know in case you need to scream – Ruth Krauss (1901–1993), Open House for Butterflies, 1960

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