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It is not true that suffering ennobles the character happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive. – W. Somerset Maugham

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The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible. – Bertrand Russell

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The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness. – Virginia Woolf

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I just hope I can spread some of the happiness thats been coming my way. – Kenny Rogers

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The U. S. Constitution doesnt guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. – Benjamin Franklin

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