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No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which p

No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind. – Charles Sumner

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From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been ;abandoned. – Charles Sumner

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Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace. – Charles Sumner

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Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn for ever, it must go out, and the presentiment of its end destroys it at its very peak. – August Strindberg

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When youre in love, youre so happy that you want to tell people about it. But now I have to censor myself. You need to protect the happiness you have. – Emily Blunt

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The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Happiness is a function of accepting what is. – Werner Erhard

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