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

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French novels generally treat of the relations of women to the world and to lovers, after marriage consequently there is a great deal in French novels about adultery, about improper relations between the sexes, about many things which the English public would not allow. – Lafcadio Hearn

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Marriage
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Perhaps there is an idea among Japanese students that one general difference between Japanese and Western poetry is that the former cultivates short forms and the latter longer ones, gut this is only in part true. – Lafcadio Hearn

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Poetry
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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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There is no such thing as the pursuit of happiness, but there is the discovery of joy. – Joyce Grenfell

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The only real happiness a ballplayer has is when he is playing a ball game and accomplishes something he didnt think he could do. – Ring Lardner

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You believe happiness to be derived from the place in which once you have been happy, but in truth it is centered in ourselves. – Franz Schubert

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Im an inherently happy person. It comes from the inside, which means you can achieve happiness under any circumstance. – Patrick Duffy

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