Quote by Lafcadio Hearn
But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a grea

But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness possible than to be lord of heaven and earth that is the happiness of being truly loved. – Lafcadio Hearn

Other quotes by Lafcadio Hearn

But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty of its own and in this respect the original Bible stands very high as a monument of sublime poetry and of artistic prose. – Lafcadio Hearn

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Beauty
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It is true that short forms of poetry have been cultivated in the Far East more than in modern Europe but in all European literature short forms of poetry are to be found – indeed quite as short as anything in Japanese. – Lafcadio Hearn

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Poetry
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Is woman a religion? Well, perhaps you will have the chance of judging for yourselves if you go to America. There you will find men treating women with just the same respect formerly accorded only to religious dignitaries or to great nobles. – Lafcadio Hearn

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Religion
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Other Quotes from
Happiness
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If you have easy self-contentment, you might have a very, very cheap source of happiness. – Leon Kass

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Happiness

Love is when the other persons happiness is more important than your own. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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Happiness

If someday they say of me that in my work I have contributed something to the welfare and happiness of my fellow man, I shall be satisfied. – George Westinghouse

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Happiness

Fame is indeed beautiful and benign and gentle and satisfying, but happiness is something at once tender and brilliant beyond all things. – Mary MacLane

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Happiness

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