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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We make provisions for this life as if it were never to have an end, and for the other life as though it were never to have a beginning. – Joseph Addison

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Life
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If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling. – Joseph Addison

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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others. – Joseph Addison

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Sometimes we don’t find the thing that will make us happy because we can’t give up the thing that was supposed to. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination. – Immanuel Kant

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Money, if it does not bring you happiness, will at least help you be miserable in comfort. – Helen Gurley Brown

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There is an old saying that money cant buy happiness. If it could, I would buy myself four hits every game. – Pete Rose

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Soul music is timeless. – Alicia Keys

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The brotherhood of man is evoked by particular men according to their circumstances. But it seldom extends to all men. In the name of our freedom and our brotherhood we are prepared to blow up the other half of mankind and to be blown up in our turn. – R. D. Laing

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