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If you want happiness for an hour -- take a nap. If you want happi

If you want happiness for an hour — take a nap. If you want happiness for a day — go fishing. If you want happiness for a month — get married. If you want happiness for a year — inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime — help someone else. – Chinese Proverb

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He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever. – Chinese Proverb

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To have the sense of creative activity is the great happiness and the great proof of being alive. – Matthew Arnold

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When ambition ends, happiness begins. – Thomas Merton

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