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Quote by Joseph Butler
The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered

The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his single capacity, and with respect only to the present world, is adapted and leads him to attain the greatest happiness he can for himself in the present world. – Joseph Butler

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The private interest of the individual would not be sufficiently provided for by reasonable and cool self-love alone therefore the appetites and passions are placed within as a guard and further security, without which it would not be taken due care of. – Joseph Butler

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alone
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The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness or good: particular affections rest in the external things themselves. – Joseph Butler

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Happiness
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I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus. – Malcolm Muggeridge

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Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable. – Leo Rosten

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Dont walk in front of me, I may not follow. Dont walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. – George Sand

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I wish people could acheive what they think would bring them happiness in order for them to realize that thats not really what happiness is. – Alanis Morissette

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If you allow for a purely capitalistic society, without any type of regulation at all, you will get one monopoly that will eat all of the smaller fish and own everything, and then youll have zero capitalism, zero competition – it would just be one giant company. – Serj Tankian

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To attempt this would be like seeing without eyes or directing the gaze of knowledge behind ones own eye. Modern science can acknowledge no other than this epistemological stand-point. – Wilhelm Dilthey

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